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FORT  WAINE  UP  TO  DATE 


Fort  Wayne  Up  to  Date. 


FORT  WAYNE,  IXi>..  JUNE,   L894. 


T  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  little  brochure  I"  tell  the  story 
of  Fort  Wayne's  heroic  epoch.  It  is  not  the  intention 
here  to  print  again  the  oft-told  tales  of  earl\  days;  nor 
relate  the  many  Indian  legends,  the  exploits  of  hardy 
neers,  nor  yet  the  deeds  of  daring  performed  by  Anthony 
iyne  and  his  courageous  followers.  The  incidents  that 
ended  the    reclamation   of 


d  that 


that  Fi 


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old  Kekionga  from  a  state  of 
primeval  wildness,  and  the 
circumstances  that  accompan- 
ied the  settlement  of  the 
future  metropolis  of  nor!  hern 
Indiana,  have  been  recounted 
by  alder  pens,  and  all  that  is 
worthy  of  preservation  con- 
cerning those  days  of  priva- 
tion and  peril,  has  been  re- 
tained in  printed  books  and  in 
the  archives  of  historical  as- 


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ion  in  tiie  state,  has 


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aids. 


,,,  JUDGE  samii: 

>f  contiguous  terri- 

il   South   Wa;  ne  shall   he 
l.">."""  people  in  L895,  md  around 
thousand  in  the  . 

f  a  city  which,  all  lough      ird  in  th    unrulier 
ants,  is  easih  first  in      an;    points  Ol  material 
1  prosperity,  and  to  \vh    '• 
leading  an\  city  in  the   \ 
it  manufacturing  interests 

tion  in  these  pages  iii  dei tstrate  that  n 

possesses  in  greater  degree  than  does  Fori  Wayne,  thi 
hides  essential  to  the   health,   prosperity    and   \vi 


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business,  and  peculiarly  a  good  place  for  the  incoming  of 
those  who  are  seeking  homes  or  locations  for  the  establish- 
ment of  manufacturing  interests  of  any  kind.  It  means 
that  we  have  good  air,  pure  water,  ample  drainage,  clean 
streets,  it  means  that  we 
possess  advantageous  geo- 
graphical position,  a  line  con- 
tributary  country,  large  ship- 
ping facilities,  great  natural 
resources,  and  intelligent,  pub- 
lic-spirited citizens.  It  means 
that  we  have  excellent  educa- 
tional    institutions,    a      g 1 

social  atmosphere,  and  a  high- 
toned  moral  sentiment  pervad- 
ing the  community. 

That  all  these  things  belong 
to  Fort  Wayne  in  a  marked 
degree,  is  the  purpose  of  this 
weak  to  demonstrate,  and  it  is 
a  pleasant  privilege,  on  this 
20th  anniversary,  of  the  birth 
of  the  Fort  Waynf  \i 
enter  upon  this  task: 
enables  this  paper  to  pay  tri- 
bute to  its  o\\  n  est 
people  have  been  more  than 
kind,  more  than  liberal  in 
their  patronage  and  friend- 
ship for  a  term  of  twenty 
years.  It  nun  he  well  to  say 
at  this  point,  that  it  is  no  part 
id'  the  office  of  this  publica- 
tion to  sound  the  fulsome 
praises  of  the  paper  whose 
20th  anniversary  it  celebrates. 
L  hanna.  But,  since  the  historj  of  Tin: 

News  is  a  part  of  the  history 
of  Fort  Wayne,  it  cannot  he  out  of  character  to  sa\  that 
since  the  initial  number  of  this  paper  was  printed,  the  popu- 
lation of  this  city  has  more  than  doubled,  and  that  itsarea 
litis  increased  in  even  larger  degree,  and  that  while  this 
change  has  been  going  on.  the   News  has  quadrupled  in 

size,  and  has  enjowd  a  larger   elientelle   than   has    belonged 
to   any    newspaper  in   northern    .  Mliana.     Witl 
gratitude  to  the  people    f   Fort  Wayn^ 
kindly  interest    in     '//,.   /'  "  we  enter  upon  th 

period  that  irter  century,  in   the 

il    I'm    \  i  us  min    mi    .   it  inue  to  merit  the  f; 
iai  has  he, mi  accorded 


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"<>KT  WAYNE  [['  TO   DATE. 


^storcj' 


"ACTINA" 


The  Blind  See.      The  Deaf  Hear.      Catarrh  Cured. 


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TINA"  is  the 

narvcl 

of  tin-  Nineteenth  Century,  for  li\  its  use  the  Blind  See.  the 

il' 

[ear  and  Catai 

possible.     Aetina  is  a  truly  scientific  instrument,  of  which 

I'1 

\siciaiis  arc  in 

utter  i 

huianee  of  its  structure  and  action.      It  is  our  secret  ami 

■  w 

onh  to  oursel 

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will  rem.. ve  Cataracts,  Tumors  and  Cancers.     It  will  cure 

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a.  Granulated 

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d,  in   tact,     give  perfecl  vision   without  the  use  of  glasses, 

the  evehasnol 

tchered  l.\  theocculist.  -Aetina"  never   tails   t..  cure  Catarrh, 

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a  failure  to  do 

the  Ea 

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•s,  Bronchitis,    Lsthma,   ffay  Fever  ,Sore  Throat  of  all  kinds, 
iromised  where  properlj   used.     "Aetina"  is  a  perfect  pocket 

In 

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well  as  ..id.     Don't  wear  spectacles  when  you  can  abandon 

in. 

Don't  let  Oct 

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tcher  your  eyes  or  drug  them,  unless  you  want  to  go  blind. 

Prof.  Wilson's  Magneto=Conservative  Garments. 


Are  to  the  human  body  what  the  steam  is  to  the  piston  of  a  steam  engine.  Electricit}  is  the  governor  ..t  the  whole  machine, 
which  produces  thought  and  motion  and  maintains  unison  in  all  parts  of  the  animal  economy,  and  the  electricity  is  maintained 
in  our  bodies  without  waste  by  the  use  of  these  wonder-working  Magneto-Conservative  Garments.  No  matter  what  name 
max  he  given  to  the  form  of  disease,  whether  Gout,  Consumption,  Paralysis,  Kidnex  or  Liver  Disease,  our  Magneto-Conserva- 
tive Kelts  ami  appliances  will  Positively  Curi  without  the  use  of  drugs.  Hundreds  of  thousands  testifj  to  that  effect.  You 
cannot  wear  our  hell  or  appliances  without  being  benefited.  II  you  will  follow-  our  advice  you  will  he  free  from  disease.  Be- 
wan  of  so-. -ailed  electric  or  magnetic  belts,  tor  thev  onlv  lead  to'  disappointment.  We  are  the  sole  proprietors  ami  manufac- 
turers ..f  Prof.  Wilson's  world  renowned  Magneto-Electricity  Conserving  Melts  and  Appliances,  which  when  used  as  directed 


Mrs.  Bruno  Mey. 


DR     B.E.  JOSEPH,    MANAGER. 


NEW  YORK  &  LONDON  ELECTRIC  ASSOCIATION, 

Offices   in  West  Wayne  Street.  FORT  WAYNE,  1XD. 


THE  FORT  WAYNE 


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PRINTERS'  SUPPLIES, 


Paper  Dealers, 


AND  STEREOTYPERS, 


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FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


Fort  Wayne  a  City  of  Home  Owners. 


PORT  WAV  XK  is  emphatically  a  popular  city  for  home 
life.  This  statement  lias  full  exemplification  and 
proof  in  the  fact  thai  in  no  place  of  its  size,  anywhere, 
are  there  more  residents  who  own  their  homes,  than  here. 
In  many  cities  the  people  inhahit  Mats,  tenements,  apart- 
ment and  boarding  houses.  \"t  so  in  Fori  Wayne.  Here. 
nearly  everybody  rejoices  in  the  ownership  of  the  property 
in  which  lie  lives.  From  the  artisan  in  the  shops,  to  the 
banker  at  his  desk,  we  have  a  communitj  of  home  owners. 

The  effects  of  this  fact  an-  noticeabli iverj  hand.   The 

man  \\ I wns  his  home,  im- 
proves its  surroundings  ;  he 
plants  shade  trees  and  shrub- 
bery; he  makes  a  lawn  and 
keeps  it  in  condition;  he  is  in- 
terested in  beautifying  the 
environments  that  lie  about 
him,  and  to  this  no  doubt  is 
due  the  fact  that  Fort  Wayne 
is  i. ne  .if  the  most  beautiful 
inland  cities  of  the  country. 
Not  man}  places  of  this  size 
can  boasl  of  residence  streets 
that  equal  in  picturesque  at- 
tractions such  thoroughfares 
as  Berry,  Wayne,  Washington, 
Jefferson,  Madison.  Lewis, 
Brackenridge,  Williams  and 
DeWald,  and  avenues  sn  love- 
ly as  Douglas,  Creighton, 
Fairfield  and  Maple.  Many 
of  these  streets  are  lined  on 
both  sides  with  graceful  shade 
trees,      whose      overhanging 

meet  in  inter-locking  embrace, 
and  thus  form  archways  above 

the  heads  of  pedestrians  and 
those  w  ho  drive  Upon  the  well 
paved  streets  beneath  their 
umbrageous  foliage.  It  is  a 
fact,    quite    often    spoken  of, 

that  no  citizen  who  has  long  ai.i.kx 

lived  in  Fort  Wayne,  ever   re- 
moves  to   another   city   for   residence   without   a   feeling  of 
profound  regret,  and  the  numbers  of  those  who  have  gone 
to  other  places  and  quickly  returned  to  resume  their  home  life 
in  our  midst,  bear  tribute  to  the  high  esteem  in  which  this 

city  is  held  as  a  place  of  residence  l>\  those  who  are  familiar 
with  its  inan.\  advantages.  Moreover,  the  fact  above  men 
t  ioned,  as  to  the  unusually  large  house-holding  class  in  Fort 

Wayne,  is  one    of   the   strongest    proofs   of  the    pcriiianenc.\ 

and  stability  of  the  city.     A  community  whose  people  are 

1 ad  together  elosel\  by  property  interests,  is  sure  to  he  a 

law-abiding,   contented    and  industrious  people.      The  inter 

ests of  employe  and  employer  are  moreclearlj  identical,  and 

neither  class  seeks  to  gain  unfair  advantage,  as  ill  places 
where  the  population   is   itinerant,   or  frequentlj  Changing, 


and  where  homes  tor  the  most  part  are  tenements,  and 
owned  almost  solelj  by  capitalists.  Another  circumstance 
that  adds  to  the  popularity  of  Fort  Wayne  as  a  place  ol 
living,  is  the  fact  that  residence  real  estate  is  cheap,  com- 
pared with  that  of  maii.\  place-,  possessing  fewer  advantages. 
'l'lii>.  doubtless,  is  largely  due  to  the  topographical  character 
of  the  suburban  districts.  Few  cities  have  so  many  inviting 
outlying  plats  as  belong  to  Fort  Wayne.  It  is  common  to 
many  places  to  find  low.  swampy.  Hat  and  unpicturesque 
ground  lying  adjacent  to  the  citj  limits  on  every  hand. 
Here,  thesuburbs  north. south, 
east  and  west,  are  undulating, 
attract  ive  and  beautiful,  and 
there  is  no  limit  to  the  extent 
to  which  Fort  Wayne  may 
spread  in  any  direction.  As  a 
result  of  this,  the  price  oi 
land  cannot  reach  exorbitant 
figures.  Except  in  the  very 
heart  of  the  ,-ity.  from  $1,500 
to    $2, will    purchase     a 

choice  lot  with  all  sewer. 
pavement  and  sidewalks  paid 
for.  and  if  one  is  willing  to  go 
further  out.  a  choice  fiftj  fi  iot 

lot  can  be  had  for  from   $* 

to    Si. I  II  II  I. 

Moreover,  building  mater- 
ials are  far  cheaper  here  than 
in  man>  places.  Brick  clay 
abounds  in  this  locality,  and 
the  price  is  consequently  low-. 
We  are  in  the  very  heart  of 
the  best  hard-wood  lumber 
district  in  the  country,  and 
home  builders  get  the  benefit. 
We  are  on  two  railroad  lines 
that  pi-net  rate  the  great  pine 
lumber  districts  of  Michigan, 

and  they  lay   down  the   forest 
products  in  this  market  at  tin- 
lowest    possible   cost   to    the 
lton.  consumer,     still    another  in- 

centive to  home  owning  and 
home  building  here  is  found  in  the  fact  that  our  city  is 
peculiarly  fortunate  in  possessing  a  coterie  of  skilled  archi- 
tects, whose  professional  talents  have  abundant  tribute  in 
the  large  number  of  tasteful  and  elegantly  appointed  homes, 
and  substantial  husiness  blocks  and  public  buildings 
designed  bj  them.  Nor  is  this  all.  The  fact  that  ours  is  a 
citj  composed  so  largely  of  mechanics,  affords  us  the  besl 
skill  in  the  art  of  building,  and  Fori  Wayne  homes  are 
not  more  famed  for  their  beauty  of  architectural  design  and 

finish    than     for    their    compact    ami    substantial   character. 
The  importance  to  (.ur  present    and    future   of  being  a    citj 

of  homeowners,  cannol   well  l verestimated.     It   makes 

of   us   a   conservative,   home-loving   population,   having  a 
perpetual  unit)  of  interest. 


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FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO   DATE. 


A  Pleasant  Place  in  which  to  Live. 


"SORT  "WAYNE  is  a  pleasant  place  in  which  to  live, 
I  and   for  many  excellent    and    all-sufficient    reasons. 

._[  Among  these,  are  the  possession  of  good  air.  pure 
water,  ample  drainage,  clean  streets,  fine  sanitation,  and  a 
low  death  rale. 

To  anyone  who  lias  resided  for  twenty  years  in  this  city, 
it  is  superfluous  I"  sa.\  that  the  general  liealthfulness  of  the 
l pie  has  vasth  improved.     It  cannot  be  denied  that  years 


ago,  the  climate  here,  like  thai 

the  great    Mississippi    valley.  \\ 

Ague,  with  its  varied  types  of 
fevers,    prevailed    to   a    wide 

extent,  and  in  many  hemes 
the  quinine  bottle  had  a  place 
at  the   breakfast,  dinner   and 

supper  tables  \\  hile ie  es 

eaped  an  occasional  visitation 
of  the  -shakes."  All  that  is 
changed.  The  outl\  ing  low 
lands  nn  the  west  and  smith 
have  been  ditched  and  drain- 
ed.    New  water-courses  have 


st    ternl. 


<  I.T 


the  winds  that  on 
chills  and  fever,  c 
with  the  odors  of  new-mown 
hay.  Meanwhile  the  old-time 
frog  farms  of  the  Eel  Itiver 
Valley  are  now  producing 
celery  and  other  health-giving 
delicacies  for  tastes  epicurean. 
The  quinine  lias  been  banish- 
ed from  the  home  to  the  drug 
store,  where,  with  its  quon- 
dam companions,  the  bottles 
of  castor  oil   and   calomel,    it 


That   the    improved    condi- 
tion of  the  general  health  is  largely  due  to  the  changed  at- 
mospheric conditions,  is  doubtless  true:  but  that  is  only  one 
of   numerous   causes.       Fort    Wayne  possesses  a  supply  of 
the  purest  water  for  domestic  purposes  of  am   city    in  the 

country.     From  a  comprehensive  syste f  artesian  wells. 

all  extending  far  below  a  thick  stratum  id'  bed-rock,  pure. 

clear,  cold    water    is    drawn     bj   means  of    powerful    pumps, 
and  forced  direct   into  the  city's  mains.      An  analysis  of  this 

water  shows  it    to   I f   the   most    perfect    quality,   and    its 

introduction  into  the  homes  of  foil  Way  ne  has  heen  attend 
ed  with  the  almost    total     abolil f    tvnhoid    irwv    from 


supply,  the  cause  has  been  dm  to  the  drinking  of  water  from 
surface  wells,  and  that  in  no  case  has  this  disease  existed  in 
families  depending  exclusively  upon  the  splendid  water  fur- 
nished by  the  city. 

lint  this  is  not  all.  Fort  Wayne  lieshigh  and  dry.  With 
three  rivers  coursing  through  the  heart  of  the  city,  the  set- 
tled portions  of  town  are  always  above  high  water  mark, 
and  there  is  no  swamp  land  in  the  city's  limits.  Per  conse- 
quence, freshets  do  no  damage,  and  the  heaviest  rain  fall  is 
quickly  carried  away  by  ample  gutters  and  sewers. 

(  )ur  sewerage  SJ  stem  is  hy 
no  means  perfect;  but  it  is 
being  constantly  enlarged  and 

improved  \i\  additions  that 
are  demanded  from  time  to 
time  to  meet  the  city's  grow- 
ing needs.  Those  who  made 
choice  of  this  locality  for  the 
establishment  of  what  has 
come  to  he  a  goodly  city, 
wrought  well  in  selecting  a 
point  where  nature  had  pro- 
vided topographical  conditions 
for  the  quick  conveyance  of 
objectionable  matter  to  the 
swift-flowing  currents  of  ad- 
jacent rivers. 

We  have  clean  streets.  It 
was  not  always  so;  hut  now 
the  visitor  to  Fort  Wayne 
ejaculates.  -How  cleanly  are 
yout  streets;  how  broad  and 
substantial  your  walks:  how 
altogether  neat  and  healthful 
is  the  appearance  of  every- 
thing here."  The  commen- 
dation is  well  deserved.  With 
our  new  pavements,  came 
(dean  streets,  and  they  are 
here  to  stay  and  to  add  to  the 
convenience,  beauty  and 
liealthfulness  of  Fort  Wayne. 
lliajis.  Quite  as  interesting   as  the 

assurance  that  Fort  Wayne  is 
a  pleasant  place  to  live,  is  the  proof  that  it  is  a  ••seldom" 
place  in  which  to  die.  The  returns  of  the  undertakers  as 
reported  to  the  health  department,  show  that  the  total 
number   of   deaths   in  this  city  and  its  suburbs  for  the  year 

1893  was   617.      On   an    estimated    population  of  40, 

which    is   < ceded    to    he    too   small     this  would   show  an 

average  of  15.4  deaths  to  the  1. nun  population  a  rate  so 
low  that  it  might  well  he  coveted   by   any    city.      We  have 

before  us  a  pamphlet  in  which  the  boasl  is   mad i  behalf 

of  Buffalo,  that  because   of  her  wonderful   water  supph 
taken  from  the  whirling  eddies  of  the    Niagara  rapids    and 
the  ozone  from  the  breezes  of  Lake  Erie,  her   death  rate   is 
only  L 8.63  to  the   1,000  of  population.    Our  death  rate,  us 


FORT  WAYNE  IT  TO  DATE, 


THE  HORTON  ITF'G  CO., 

PIONEER  BUILDERS  OF 

Western  Washers 


Hand  Corn  Planters 

UNEQUALED    IN 

Quality  and  Workmanship. 

FORT  WAYNE,  1ND. 


Henri  C.  Paul,  President.  Established  L890. 

Wm.  Paul,  Jr.,  Vice-Presideni  and  Treasurer.  Incorporated  L892 

Charles  A.  Paul,  Secretary. 

THE  PAUL  MANUFACTURING  CO., 


Toy  Novelties 


Wood  Pulleys, 


Office:    Corner  Sixth  and  Calhoun  Streets.  r^r^  r»  t^   i  i  /  A  \/\ti~*      t\m 

,   , ,  ;     7.-,,,,  in,  North  Calhoun  Street.  FORT   WAYNE,    IND. 


FORT  WAYNK   UP  TO   DATE. 


Our  City  the  Home  of  Honored  Men. 


DjKOBABLY  no  city  of  her  size,  west  of  the  New 
England  States,  has  had  more  men  whom  the  country 
has  delighted  to  honor,  than  lias  Fort  Wayne  It  is 
not  proposed  here  to  enter  into  a  presentation  of  biographi 
c;:  1  sketches  of  those  of  our  citizens  who  have  been  called 
to  placesof  prominence  because  of  their  integrity,  ability  or 
strength  of  mind  or  of  character;  hut  this  publication 
would  lie  incomplete  were  we  to  permii  topass  nnmentioned 
the  names  of  some  of  those  who  were  instrumental  in  giv- 
ing to  our  city  the  impetus  that  lias  carried  her  on  to  her 
present  vantage  ground  among 

the   live    cities    of    the    west.         

These  are  men  who  have  hon- 
ored Fort  Wayne  by  achieving 
national  recognition  for  dis- 
tinguished service  to  the  coun- 
try or  to  their  own  common- 
wealth. We  may  not  lay 
claim  to  Anthony  Wayne  as  a 
product  of  Indiana  soil:  for. 
although  he  is  entitled  to  local 
patronymic  honors,  his  illus- 
trious name  belongs  to  Ameri- 
ca, and  not  to  any  city  or  to 
any  state.  But  there  are  those 
who  belonged  at  one  time"or 
another  to  Fort  Wayne  in  the 
relation  of  citizens,  and  to 
some  of  these  we  desire  here 
briefly  to  refer.  Fort  Wayne 
was  the  home  of  Ex-Gov- 
ernor  Bigger.  Here  Henry 
Ward  Beecher,  the  foremo.sl 
of  American  pulpit  orators 
lived  and  preached,  lint  these 
are  not  names  best  known  or 
most  highly  cherished  by  our 
people.  Thousands  of  men 
and  women  here  still  remem- 
ber the  kindly  voice  and 
genial  countenance  of  Judge 
Samuel  Hanna.  to  whom,  per- 
haps, more  than  to  any  other  HON.  HUG 
citizen,   are  we    indebtedj[for 

the  Pennsylvania  road's  vast  interest  here,  and  the  conse- 
quent rapid  growth  and  prosperity  of  the  city.  Other 
thousands  recall  the  sterling  character  and  generous. helpful 

lite   of    Allen    Hamilton,    the    pioneer  citizen,    merchant, 

hanker.  Still  ot  her  thousands  revere  the  memory  of  Jesse 
I..  Williams,  and  many  have  personally  known  the  munifi- 
cence of  his  charity.  And  everybody  inthiscit;.  still  delights 
to  honor  that  magnificent  type  of  the  American  gentleman, 
the  Hon.  Hugh  McCulloch.  To  this  quartette  Messrs. 
Hanna.  Hamilton.  Williams  and  McCulloch  the  NEWS 
accords  the  honor  of  having  contributed  more  than  am 
others  to  the  impetus  that  started  Fort  Wayne  upon  its/".x/ 
helium  career  of  remarkable  growth.    There  an'  other  indi 

vfduals      «ho  are  represented  elsewhere  in  these  pages      who 


have  i tributed  as  much  perhaps  to  the  permanent  main- 
tenance of  this  city's  substantial  growth  as  anj  one  ot  the 
gentlemen  named  above:  hut  to  them  belongs  tin-  honor  of 
laying  the  foundation  for  our  city's  present  greatness:  and 
better  still  than  that,  to  them  is  due  the  credit  of  having 
engrafted  in  early-  days  upon  the  local  bod}  politic    the    life 

principle  of  their  own  sterling  manh I.    and   no   one  may 

measure  the  influence  ol  these  strong,  right-minded  men. 
upon  the  future  destinies  of  the  city  where  they  lived,  it 
is  a  genuine  pleasure  to  be  able  here  to  present,  tor  the  first 
time,  between  the  covers  of 
printed  book,  authentic  and 
life-like  portraits  of  these  four 
grand  citizens  of  Fort  Wayne. 
Hut  these  are  only  a  tew  ol 
the  men  whose  names  are 
widely"  known  and  w  hose  lives 
have  been  in  later  years 
closely  identified  with  our 
city's  and  our  country's  inter- 
ests. Mr.  John  11.  Bass,  of 
Fort  Way  ne.  has  carved  for 
himself  a  place  in  the  front 
rank  id'  America's  greatest 
manufacturers.  Hon.  A.  I'. 
Edgerton  was  an  honored 
member  of  the  United  States 
( 'nil  Service  < iommission  dur- 
ing the  first  term  of  President 
Cleveland.  Hon.  R.  S.  Tax  - 
I  if.  one  of  the  brainiest  men 
in  America,  and  for  many 
y  ears  a  member  id'  the  Mis- 
sissippi River  Commission. has 
this  city  as  the  place  of  his 
residence.  Col.  I!,  s.  Robert- 
son.iate  member  of  the  Na- 
tional Utah  Commission,  and 
once  Lieutenant  i  Governor  of 
Indiana,  has  his  home  here. 
Mr.  R.  T.  McDonald,  head  of 
the  great  Fort  Way  ne  Elec- 
tric Light  Company,  whose 
name  as  a  brilliant  man  >>i 
Maine  to  California,  is  a  citizen  ot 
E.  Moras,  U.  S.  <  'onsul  to  Paris,  one 
..f  the  for, 'ii  e.st  newspaper  men  of  the  country,  is  a  native  of 
Port  Wayne,  and  a  product  of  our  public  schools.  Hon. 
Walpole  G.  Colerick,  Hon.  Robert  Lowry,  Hon.  James  B. 
White.  Hon.  A.  H.  Hamilton,  lion.  Chas.  Case,  Hon.  Joseph 
K.  Edgerton,  Hon.  Chas.  Brenton  are  among  those  who 
have  honored  this  ,■  it \  as  representatives  in  tin-  Congress  of 
the  United  States.  Hon.  Isaac  Jenkinson,  consul  to  cins- 
cow  and  Hon.  Kiel  McLachlan,.  consul  to  Leith,  were  ap- 
pointed from  this  city,  and  Hon.  .lam.-  W,  Borden,  of  Fort 
Wayne  was  minister  to  the  Sandwich  Islands  under  r 
dent  Buchanan.  Prof.  H  w  Diederich, has  just  returned 
i: -.in  Leipsic,  after  an  honorable  service  as  1  .  S.  Consul. 


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A  City  of  Splendid  Educational  Advantages. 


this 


A  I  O  city   in    [ndiana     if  in  all  the  country     surpasses 
Fort    Wayne    in    the   character  of  tier  educational 
institutions  and  advantages.     For  man}  years,  the 
ve  attracted  the  attention  of 
he   country    by    reason    of   their   ex- 
i  from  our   Centra]    Grammar   school 

entitles  the  possessor  t atriculation  without  examination 

in  several  of  the  prominent    colleges,  and  pupils  graduating 
with  honors  from  this  school  are  awarded  free  scholarships 


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n  the  best  colleges  of  Indian 
his   city,  5,167   children   are 

nrolled  in  fifteen  ward  -'-I Is 

ad     the    Central     Grammar 

cl I,  and  receive  instructs  n 

i.. i, i  an  intelligent  corps  of 
me  hundred  and  thirty-eight 
eachers.  TheoldClaj  school, 
ihirh  was  destroyed  by  fire 
ii-«  weeks  ago,  is  now  in 
irocess  of  replacement  bj  the 
aagnificent  structure  shown 
m  the  opposite  page.  Nearlj 
II  the  public  school  buildings 
if  tliis  city  arc  spacious,  two- 
tory  edifices,  constructed 
I-. .in  the  must  modern  and 
cientific  designs  for  buildings 
,i  this  class.  The  stairways 
,r,.    commodious    and    made 


ils 


well 


i  i  i  'j  i 


the  grounds  are  spacious  and 
in  r\ en   case  located  to  con 

venientlj     accomi late    the 

greatest  number.    TheCentral 
Grammar  school,  alwavs  the 


have   graduated  main   bright 

scholars,    who   are   even   now  ""v  ' '■ 

wielding    wide     influence    in 

the  world  of  letters.     More  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago, 

the   formati f  a  school    librarj    was  begun,  arid  to-daj 

all  pupils  who  have  reached  their  third   scl I  year.     Hon. 

1 '■  P.  Morgan,  wl i  portrait    appears  herewith,  has  been  a 

member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Fort  \\'a.\  ae  Public 
Schools    i"i'   an  uninterrupted    term  of   thirtj  three   years, 


w  . 


building  until  ii  requires  fifteen  large  brick  structures  to 
give  them  shelter,  and  nearly  one  hundred  and  lift}  teachers 
to  imparl  instruction  to  them. 

The  parochial  school  system  of  the  German  Evangelical 
Lutheran  Societies  of  this  city,  embraces  five  large  schools 
and  Concordia  College,  with  property  valued  at  $155,000, 
and  having  an  enrolled  attendance  of  1,871  students, 
taught  by  a  corps  of  thirty  highty  educated  ami  skilled  in- 
structors.    Concordia  College,  a  pari  of  the  Lutheran  -c! 1 

system,  is  one  of  the  fore si  institutions  of  learning  under 

the  control  "I'  that  church,  in 
the  United  States.  [I  has 
usualh  an  enrollment  of  three 
or  four  hundred  students,  ami 
is  reall\  an  academy  prepara- 
tory tn  the  Theological  Semin 
an  of  that  church  at  St.  Louis. 
The  Catholic  parochial 
schools  'if  Fori  Wayne  num- 
ber seven,  ami  the  value  of 
their  property  is  estimated  at 

a t     $450, There     are 

nearh  2,300  pupils  enrolled  in 

the  various  scl is,  including 

those    of   school    age   at    the 
orphanage.  Fortj  one  teai 
are     employed     to    give    in 
struction     in     the     Catholic 
schools. 

Westminster  Seminary  for 
lToung  1. ulies.  is  a  private 
seminary,  conducted  In  .Miss 
Carrie  1!.  Sharp  ami  Mr..  I  >. 
B.  Wells.  it  is  devoted 
specially  tn  the   higher   edu- 

eat  i. i'  young  ladies,  though 

it  maintains  priman  ami  in 
termediate  departments  for 
girls.  This  school  possesses 
marked  advantages  and  has 
rapidly  grown  in  popularity 
smee  the  dsy  oi    its  establish 

:'-  x  v  men!. 

There    are.    in    addition     to 

those  above  mentioned,  several  private  schools  and  kinder- 
gartens, and  with  these  Fort  Wayne  nun  he  said  to 
possess  everj  advantage  thai  can  possiblj  be  required  to  fil 
the  young  for  active  Life  bj  affording  thorough  instruction  in 
all  the  branches  essential  to  a  good  education. 

The  schools  herein  enumerated  do  not.  of  course,  include 
the  business  colleges,  the  nighl  schools,  nor  anj  of  the  de- 
partments of  education  conducted    under  the  auspices  of 

the    i'oung    Men's    Christian      Association,    although    these 

represent  no  inconsiderable  number  of  students,  and  form 
an  importanl  part  of  the  educational  work  in  progress  in  the 
city.  The  Music  Schools  of  Fori  Waym  are  si  vera]  in  num- 
ber, and  Hi'--  are  celebrated  foi  their  excellence,  numbering 
r  instructors  main  successful  ti 


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Fort  Wayne  a  City  of  Churches. 

CD  as  she  has  a  right  to  be  concerning  her  eduea 

onal  advantages,    the   citj    of    Fori    Wayne   hai 

special  reason  i"  be  glad  of  the  strong  religious 
mosphere  pervading  the  community,  as  evidenced  by  th< 
any  churches  thai  abound  throughout  thecity.     Therean 
Fori    Wayne   al    the  presenl    time,   forty-two  regularh 
ganized  religious  societies,  as  follows:     Methodist,  eight;  Two  nourish 

itholic,  seven ;  Lutheran,  seven ;  Presbj  terian,  five;  Reform-  tian   Associate 

.  three;  Baptist,  two:  Christian, two ;  Congregational,  two;  Young    Wome 

ibrew,  two;  United   Brethren,  two;  Episcopal  and  Evan-  Wayne.     Thee 


Tin 


worsli 


omuls    and    appurtenances 

s(   not  less   than    $2,000,000. 

le  memberehip  of  these  reli- 
nis  bodies,  as  gleaned  from 
eir  own  reports,  in  round 
nnhers  reaches  15,000  souls, 
lis  is  a  remarkable  showing 

il  accounts  in  large  measure 
c  the  excellent  standing  of 
irt  Wayne  as  a  place  free 
mi  those  oft-recurring 
•nes  of  lawlessness  and  dis- 

ies  of  our  elass.  Any  city, 
majority  of  whose  people 
lognize  God,  and  show  their 
egiance  to  Him  by  organiz- 
g  to  advance  His  cause  and 
s  kingdom  upon  earth,  is 
niiil  to  be  a  community  of 
telligent,  enterprising,  law- 


irv  of    Fort  Wa\  ne.  I  hat    in 

si  i  went}  years,  the  growth 
religious  sentiment  has  not 

il\    kepi    paee  w  illi.    hut    has 

en  surpassed   that   of    her 

aterial  prosperity.     To  this  I 

a    doubt,   is  due    the    rem! 


Iventi 


itmosphere  of  the  city,  and  the  marked  change  thai 

en  place  in  the  social  life  of  our  people.       In  another 

■,  reference  is  made  to  i litions  thai  obtained  in 

'a\ncat  the  close  of  the  war;  how   rioting,  robbery, 

ind  murder  were  of  shockinglj     frequent   occurrence. 

lifferent   now.      Aside  from  petty  violations  of  the 

aw,  and  occasional  arrests  for  drunke iss  and  dis- 

i luct,   there   is   not   much  to   mar  the  peace  I 

of  the  city.     \o  one  can  over  estimate  the  influence 

christian  religion  along  the  line  of  good  citizenship. 

ace,  no  man  can  tell  how  much  we  owe  to  the  religi 


forma 


spires  pointing  heavenward  from    Fort  Wayne 
ite  a  powerful  commendation  in  behalf  of  this 


wly   organized    branch    of   the 

Association,  belong  to  Fort 
nt  is  housed  in  its  own  magnifi- 
cently appointed  stone  struc- 
ture in  the  heart  of  the  c-it  \ . 
011  Calhoun  street,  and  has  am- 
ple r i.  all  conveniences,  and 

everj  equipment  needed  for 
the  successful  carrying  on  of 
this  important  work.  The 
railroad  department,  with  a 
membership  of  many  hun- 
dreds, has  a  comfortable  home 
of  its  own,  hut  which  will 
some  daj  have  to  he  enlarged 
to  meet   the   demands   of  so 

wide  a  field. 

Not  less  than  one  hundred 
clergymen  have  their  perma- 
nent homes  in  Fort  Wayne, 
anil  when  is  added  to  this 
number,  the  college  professors 

and  teachers  in  the  public, 
private  and  parochial  schools, 
it  will  he  seen  that  we  have  a 
very  large  citizenship  compos 
ed  of  religious,    cultured    and 

refined    people,    and    out    of 

these    classes    has    Sprung   the 

numerous  literary  and  educa- 
tional societies  that  have 
placed  Fort  Wa\  ne  foremost 
among  the  cities  of  Indiana. 
The  News  is  w  ithout  data  as 
to  the  number  of  these  liter- 
ary circles,  or  their  member- 
ship. Indeed,  accurate  in- 
vouid  he  impossible  to  obtain, 
private  and  informal.  But  it 
liana  has  as  man}  organizations 
ind   improvement   as  has    Fori 


w  a 


Hi, 


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is  known  that  no  city  . 
devoted  to  mind  cult 
Wayne,  and  il  mat   be  added,  that  no  city    has  a  larger  and 

more  intelligent  class  of  refined  ] pie. 

Not  leasl  importanl  of  our  city's  claims  to  honor,  is  her 
conceded  superiority  in  point  of  musical  taste  and  culture. 
The  Morning  Musical,  a  society  of  music  loving  women. 
has  done  much  to  advance  musical  interests  here,  and  the 

recent   product  ions  of  ••The  Creation"   and   ■•The   Chillies  id' 

Normandx ."  testify  to  the  remarkable  musical  capabilities  of 

our  vocalists,  while  some  of  the  besl    instrumental 


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Fort  \V  iyne,  Ind  .  June  I,  1894 

ri,.    [real  dry  g I- and  carpe use  of  I.    Woll  S risi 

from  the  ashes  of  n  disastrous  fire,  enters  upon   a  new  era  jusl  as  i 

i  i  i .  .I    in. pes  we  ma  j    be  able  to  celebrate  t 

ii i    flth  anniversary,  I  "I   I-  WOLF   .v    CO., 

No    .1  Ci n  Street. 


FORT  WAYNE  IP  TO  DATE. 


Fort  Wayne  as  a  Railroad  Center. 


II  ATKVF.K  other  claims  Fort  Wayne  may  have  oi 
superiority    over    the  cities  of  hoosierdom,  there 
is  none  to  question  her  supremacy  as  a  railroad 
Other  places  there  are  with  more   railroads  than 
iavc.it  is  true,  but  no  city   of  Indiana   can  boast  of  as 
\  great  roads  as  are  centered  here.      The  Pennsylvania 
•ni  representing  8000  miles  qf  railway  in  active  opera!  ion; 
Wahash  system,  stretching  its  long  branches  through- 
the  far  west;  the  New  York,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  Rail- 
constituting,  with  its  eastern  connections,  under  the 
derbill  system,  a  through 
from  New   York  to  Chi- 
,;  the  great  Grand  Rapids 
e.   running  from   Cincin- 
to    Mackinaw,   the    Lake 


great  road.  These  shops,  employ  inn  several  hundred  men, 
were  Inst  to  us  by    the  selfishness  of  a  syndicate  of  con 

tractors  wh iginally  constructed  the  road,  and  who  made 

thelocation  of  the  simp,  a  mattei  of  private  speculation. 
Fort  Wayne  has  always  been  considered  to  be  the  most  de- 
sirable point  for  these  shops,  and  it  has  heen  intimated 
many  times  (d'  late  that  the\  would  he  removed  from  their 
present  unsightly   and  unhealthfu]   locality   if   it    could    he 


accomplish 

interests  in 


Without     U 


re       terminus       and 
then)  connection,  the 

■  a  w  e  tern,  compi 
work  of  lines  that  I 
t    Wayi ne  of  the 


dry.      Another   projected 
from    Chicago     to    New 
k   is   now    knocking    for 
Lission  at  our  gates. 

he  importance  to  this  city 
lie   Pittsburg,  Fort  Wayne 


w  ill 


its  great  shop  plant,  cannot 
he  overestimated.  This  im- 
mense hive  of  industry  has 
made  possible  the  splendid 
achievements  of  Fort  Wayne 
during  the  past  quarter  of  a 
century,  ami  has  no  doubt 
contributed    more   than    any 

other     Single      cause,     to     the 


mmI 


this 


terests   hen'  is  computed  by 

the  millions,  ami  it  pays  about  one-twentieth  of  the  entire 

taxation   of   the   city.     During  the   past    twenty   years,  an 

average  of  nearly  $100,000  per  i th  has  been  paid  to  the 

employes  of  this  great  corporation  here,  and  this  vast  sum. 
aggregating  twenty  millions  of  dollars,  has  been  dissemi 
nated  through  the  various  channels  of  trade  and  commerce. 
Can  .■  1 1 1 \   one  compute   t|„.    value   this    railroad    has    hcen    to 

the  city,  or  estimate  its  importance  to  us  now? 

Next  in  point  of  usefulness  to  1  his  city  is  the  New  Fork, 
Chicago  <&  St.  Louis  railway.  This  road,  owned  now  ami 
operated  by  the  Vauderhiit s.  has  a  total  trackage  of  523 
miles,  its  monthly  disbursements  in  this  city  amount  to 
$35,000.  it  is  believed  that  not  much  effort  would  be  re- 
quired to  secure  lor  this  city  the  Stony    Island  shops  of  this 


serious  loss  to   the   company's 

:  of  a  costly  plant. 

The  Wabash  Kaihvay. form- 
erly had  a  division  point  here, 
and  this  is  still  the  home  of 
quite  a  number  of  employes, 

repair  shops  being    st  ill  main 

tainecl  in  this  city .  and  several 
thousand  dollars  being  dis- 
bursed  monthly  on  the  local 
pay-roll.  This  road  is  part  of 
a  system  h:i\  ing  2,123  miles 
of  track,  and   with  it-  ea 

connection    £ ling    a    great 

trunk   line   from    NY»     i 
and  Boston  to  the   far  soul  h- 

west. 

The  (.rand  Rapids  and 
Indiana  Railroad,  forming  a 
through  line  from  Cincinnati 
to  Mackinaw,  has  its  division 
point  here.  Fort   Way  lie  heiu.e- 

nearly  mid-way  between 
(.rand  Rapids  and  Cincinnat  i. 
The    disbursements    of    this 

road  amount    to   about  $7, 

per  month  in  this  city.  By- 
means    of    this    route    we    are 

placed    in    quick    connection 
w  ith  the  great   health   resorts, 
and  also  with  the  pine  lumber 
regions  of  Michigan. 
The     Lake    Shore    system, 

represented  here    hv  a    branch 
running    from     this    city     to 
. i.nk, mi.    has  a   tracka 
ann   our  people  arc  enabled  to 
l'  the  most    popular  of  American 


1,185  miles,  and  b 
reach,  in  a  few  miles 
passenger  lines. 

The  Lake  Erie  a-  Western  mad.  ha,  its  station  w 
of  the  Lake  Shore,  and  with  it  constitutes  anotl 
north  and  south  road,  tapping  the  pineries  of  Michi 
extending  to  the  Ohio  river. 

The  railroads  that  center  in  this  city  show  a  c 
trackage  of  nearly   12,500  miles,  as  follows 

P.  F.  W.  &.  C,  including  the  (..  It.  <£  I.  Railway 

Nickd  Plate  Railway 

Lake  Shore  Railway 

Wabash  Railway 

Lake  Erie  &  Western  Railway 


thai 


bined 

7,915 

523 

1,185 

2,123 

711 


FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


flORGAN  &  BEACH, 


ART  GLASS,  ,'1:;:;: ;:::;. io"sc 

PAINTS,  ":::,:'■■"■  ■"■' *""-"" ' 

Cutlery  and  Silverware, 
HARDWARE,  ES™ 


The  best  Americanand  Foreign  maki 


large  variety.     P.  & 


if  Locks  and  Knobs  in  till  tl 


BICYCLES    Refrigerators,  Ice  Cream  Freezers,  Mechanics  and 

Machinists'  Tools,  Electrical  Supplies. 


FORT  1VAVNK  II'  TO   DATE. 


The  Grain  Trade  of  Fort  Wayne. 


'  "  E  grain  trade  of  Fort  Wayne  has  always  been  and  is 
to-day  one  of  the  most  important  branches  of 
business  carried  on  at  this  point.  Prominent  in  the 
trade  in  its  earl}  history  may  be  mentioned  the  names  of 
Messrs.  I  [  1 1 1  &  Orbison;  McCulloch  &  Little;  Bash  &  Aiken, 
now  S.  Bash  &  Co.;  Efoagland,  TresseH  &  <'".:  Compareti 
Hubbell  &  Co.;  R.  W.  Taylor;  John  Orff  and  D.  S.  Beaver, 
as  well  as  others  whose  ni is  the  writer  is  unable  to  re- 
call. In  the  very  early  days  of  this  trade,  when  Fort 
Wayne  was  the  meat  central  shipping  point  of  a  wide 
territory,  her  grain  going  to 

the  sea  hoard  mostly  l>\ 
canal  and  lake,  this  city  en- 
joyed the  largest  grain  trade 
of  nn\  city  ill  northern  Indi- 
ana, the  -rain  being  hauled 
here  from  a  radius  of  flfty 
or  seventy  miles,  and  the 
Storage  capacity  of  the  dif- 
ferent elevators  and  grain- 
warehouses  was  much  greater 
than  it  is  to-day.  With  the 
completion  of  a  net  work  of 
railroads  throughout  the 
stale,  our  grain  trade  has 
been  largely  cut  off,  and.  while 
still  maintaining  the  rank  of 
one  of  our  first  industries,  it 
has  fallen  many  thousand 
linshels  short  of  her  old-time 
prestige. 

fort  Way  ne  to-day  has  four 
large  flouring  mills,  with  a 
capacity  considerablj  exceed- 
ing ■"><"'  barrels  per  day;  and 

in  addition  to  this,  she  has 
one   elevator    with    a  capacity 

of  50,000  to  75,000  bushels, 
and  is  well  equipped  for 
handling  this  business  econom- 
ically  ami  to  the  advantage 

of     both     buyer      and     seller. 

The  milling  capacity  having 
grown   so   large,  it    has   now 

become  aecessarj  to  ship  in  a  large  amount  of  -rain  in  ad- 
dition to  her  local  receipts  to  supply  the  same.  Thishas 
had  a  tendency  to  make  Fort  Wayne  a  better  market  for 
-rain,  relatively  speaking,  than  any  id'  the  neighboring 
markets,  and  also  enables  her  to  ]ia\   considerably  higher 

prices  for  this  article  than  her  sister   cities.        From  I > 


with  people  in  charge  at   the  expense  of  the  railroad  ( 

pi s:  and  these  concessions  on  the    part    of  the  railroads, 

combined  with  high  rates  of  toll  on  the  wag 'oads   lead 

ing  to  this  city,  have  militated  largely  against  the  com- 
mercial interests,  both  wholesale  and  retail.  >d'  Fort  Wayne- 
En  the  opinion  of  the  most  enlightened  public  sentiment, 
free  -ravel  mads  are  essential  to  the  prosperity  of  the  com- 
mercial interests  of  this  city,  and  they  should  he  eon 
tinuously  and  persistently  advocated  until  every  toll-gate 
has  been  abolished  from  the  county.  The  soil  of  most  of 
Allen  county  is  exceedingly 
unfavorable  for  good  countrj 
roads.  Theabundance  of  claj 
and  scarcity  of  -ravel,  make 
road  building  difficult  and 
costly,  and  for  this  reason 
Fort    Wayne    has   ion-   been 

handicapped    in    the    direction 

of  rural  trade.  It  is  gratify- 
ing, however,  to  note  a  marked 
improvement  in  this  di- 
rect ion.  Under  recent  legis- 
lation, several  new  gravel 
roads  have  been  finished 
radial  ing  in  many  direct  ions. 
and  it  is  reasonably  certain 
that  no  more  toll  roads  will 
ever    he     constructed    in    this 

county.  There  is  a  steadily 
growing  sentiment  in  favor 
oi  road  improvement.  The 
introduction  of  road  making 
machinery  has  simplified  the 
labor  and  expense  of  grading, 
and  the  outlook  is  altogether 
favorable   now    for  the  earlv 


stion  of  a 
i  of  grave] 
i    county    wl 


thorough 

roads     all 
use    high- 


ecti 


Ton. nun   bushels  of  -rain   are 

ukel     al     the    present     lime    an 

ladily  above  this  figure.  Min- 
im business  of  this  city  has  be 
d  some  of  it,  we  are  satisfied,  hi 


ic  trade  is  growing 
i lair  criticism  of  the 
nade  in  former  years: 
it  been  merited.    The 


Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad  and  the  Lake  Shore  <&  Michiga 
Southern  railroad,  traversing  verj  rich  sections  north  of  u 


It    is  to  lie  hoped    that    With 

the  improved  roads  that    are 
even    now     in    sight,    and  the 
promised   abolition  of  all  the  toll  roads,  the  railroad  com- 
panies, or  private  capitalists,  may  feel  warranted  in  building 
new  elevators,  and   thus  create  stronger  competition  and  a 

livelier  market  for  the  cereal  product  of  the  adjacent 
country.  There  are  man)  reasons  wh\  Fori  Wayne,  with 
its  -teat  inducements  as  a  commercial  center  should  attract 
a  lar-e  amount  of  the  trade  thai  has  been  heretofore  driven  to 
smaller  places  on  adjacent  parallel  lines  of  railway.  With 
costi\  tolls  removed,  and  roads  over  which  easj  access  maj 
i.e  had  lo  heavil}  loaded  teams,  to  this  city,  the  a 
offered  bj  local  merchants  in  the  wa\  of  bargains  will 
surel)  result  in  a  vasl  increase  to  the  grain  trade  of  our 
city  which  has  so  long  suffered  from  the  influence  of  high 
tolls  and  mud   roads. 


FORT  WAYXK  tl>  To  DATE 


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CLOAK,  SUIT  AND 


FUR  HOUSE 


IN  NORTHERN  INDIANA. 

is  been  al  the  head  of  the  Cloak,  Suit  and  Fur  business  for  the  past 
ii'iity  years.     Never  found  without  the  very  latesl  productions  of 

FOREIGN  AND 
DOMESTIC  STYLES. 


He  is  wide  awake  an 
jtropolitan  ideas.       Aj 


suppi 


dies  of  Fort  Wayne  with 
slusive  business  in  this  particular  line  lias 
ity.  X„  lady  should  pass  this  establishment 
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The  Wholesale  Trade  of  Fort  Wayne. 


(CATED  on  three  great  trunk  railroad  lines,  in  the 
heart  of  a  rich  agricultural  region,  with  tour  long 
north  and  smith  railroads  having  their  termini  here, 
it  was  impossible  that  Fort  Wayne  should  n.ot  lie  a  splendid 
wholesale  center.  The  past  twenty  years  have  witnessed  re 
markable  growth  and  activity  in  this  branch  of  commerce. 
Several  large,  influential  ami  highly  prosperous  concerns 
have  recently  been  added  to  the  number  of  wholesale 
establishments   in    Fort  Wayne,  ami  the  jobbing  trade  in 

Iry  i: Is.  groceries,  boots  and  shoes,  iron,  steel  ami  heavj 

hardware,     ami    other    lines. 


\n  important  branch  of 
mercantile  trade  is  without 
representation  in  Fort  Wayne. 
For  instance,  there  are  only 
fifteen  establishments  de- 
voted exclusively  to  the  job- 
bing of  iron,  steel  ami  heavy 
hardware  in  the  United 
Mates,  west  of  the  Allegheny 
mountains.  The  great  house 
of  Mossman,  l'arnelle&  Com- 
pany, of  this  city,  is  one  of 
the  largest  of  these,  ami  de- 
cidedly the  foremost  concern 
of  its  class  in  Indiana. 

In  dry  goods,  we  have  two 
jobbing  houses.  DeWald  & 
Company,  and  Knot  &  Coin 
•pany,  both  of  which  do  an 
extensive  business,  which  is 
m>t  by  any  means  confined  to 
this  state,  but  leaches  across 
the  borders  into  Ohio  ami 
Michigan,  ami  extends  in 
some   cases    beyond   the   three 

states  mentioned. 

A  few  years  ago,  two  linns 
represented  the  wholesale 
grocery  interests  of  this  city. 

Now,  live  mammoth  establish-  geori 

incuts   find   this    a    successful 

avenue  to  commercial  success,  ami  no  better  or  more  pros- 
perous houses  are  found  elsewhere  in  Indiana. 

In  wholesale  boots  and  shoes,   we   have  an  establishment 
that  has  grown  from  inconsiderable  proportions  to  one  of 

the  largest  ami    most    prosperous    concerns   in  the  west,  ami 
the  Brm  name  of  W.   I..  Carnahan  A-  Company  is  widely  ami 

favorably  known  as  one  of  the  most  successful  houses  in 


iii 


stad 


Five  large  con  feci  ion  cries  arc  eliua^eil   in  the  wholesaling, 

mil  onl\  of  g Is  pertaining  to  that  branch  of  business,  but 

allot'  them  carry  mi  a  large  baking  business,  ami  two  of 

these  establishments  are  ii ense  concerns,  whose  products 

are  widelj    disseminated  by  wholesale  throughout  a  wide 
adjacent  territory . 


Several  houses  carry  mi  a  wholesale  drug  trade,  but  there 
is  no  establishment  here  exclusively  devoted  to  the  jobbing 
of  drugs  ami  medicines. 

The  jobbing  of  fruits  in  this  market  is  carried  on  bj 
several  large  establishments, those  of  J.  I!.  White.  Pottlitzer 
Brothers,  Louis  Fox.  McDonald  &  Watt  ami  Burslej  & 
Company  being  most  prominent. 

The  wholesale  hardware  business  is  confined  to  live  large 
establishments,  all  of  which  are  well  managed,  prosperous 
and  heavily  stocked  concerns. 

Leather  and  findings  are 
sold  by  one  jobbing  house  ill 
Fort  Wayne. 

Ten  establishments  control 
the  local  wholesale  liquor 
traffic. 

The  wholesaling  of  meats 
in  this  city  has  grown  to 
be  an  important  industry, 
and  the  trade  that  was  a  few- 
years  ago  controlled  almost 
exclusively  by  one  house,  is 
now  divided  among  several 
greal  concerns,  Fred  Eckart, 
l.eikaiif  Brothers  &  Hash. 
Swift  &  Company,  Armour  & 
( lompany,  •  rottleb  Sailer  ami 
George  lioux  being  leading 
represent  at  tves. 

One  large  millinerj  estab- 
lishment holds  the  jobbing 
trade  in  that  line  of  this  city. 
Eight  concerns  are  devoted 
more  or  less  extensively  to 
the  wholesaling  of  notions 
from  this  point. 

Five  establishments  in  this 
city  are  engagedin  the  whole- 
sale paper  trade. 

The  superior  shipping  fac 
ilities    of     Fort    Wayne,    as 
represented  in  the  Several  im- 
IVAL1'-  portant    railway  systems  that 

center  here,  will  always  give 
her  an  advantage  thai  cannot  be  gained  by  cities  less 
favorably  endowed,  ami  as  the  next  decade  promises  another 
trunk  line,  and  a  new  direct  road  to  Indianapolis,  we  may 
reasonably    hope   tor  rapid  development    of  our  wholesale 

trade. 

As  pertinent  to  this  branch  of  trade,  il  is  proper  to  refer 
io  the  commercial  travelers  of  Fort  Wayne,  a  progressive 
class  of  estimable  gentlemen,  who  stand  at  the  forefront  of 
[ndiana  salesmen.  To  them  belongs  the  credit  oftheor- 
ganization  of  the  T.  I'.  A.  The  late  Herbert  V.  I. 
this  citj  .  was  an  early  President  of  the  National  Association 
and  several  local  travelers  have  been  at  the  head  of  the 
state  society,  of  which  this  citj  is  the  home  of  Posl  \  - 
the  largest  post  in  [ndiana. 


FORT  WAYNE  UP  To  DATE. 


^fefe>l 


TO  DRINK 

A  cheap  Beer,  brewed  outside  of  this  city,  when  Fort 
Wayne  supplies  some  of  the  largest  cities  in  the  land. 


Pay  double  prices  for  imported  Beer  when  a  domestic 
Beer,  brewed  out  of  nothing  but  the  choicest  Barley  and 
Hops,  can  be  bought  at  prices  not  higher  than  injurious 
and  adulterated  goods. 

The  Herman  Berghoff 

Brewing  Co. 

PRODUCES  IX  ITS 

Dortmunder,  Doppel 


© 


§ 


and  Salvator, 

Fully  as  wholesome  and  pure  an  article  as  any  imported  beer. 

THEY   DEFIANTLY  CHALLENGE  THE  WORLD 

To  prove  that  their  claims  and  affidavits  are  not  true.     They  invite  Chemists 
and  Experts  to  Analyze  their  Dortmunder  and  Salvator  Beer  and  to  lay  claims  to  their 


TELEPHONE  105. 


REWARD  OF  $5,000. 


FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


The  Large  Retail  Trade  of  Fort  Wayne. 


~S0RT  WAYNE 


cat  retail  market.  No  better 
affoi  ded  of  judging  of  the  thrift  of  any 
In  the  patronage  accorded  to  her  retail 
stores.  By  this  standard,  our  city  hasoccasion  to  feel  proud 
..I'  her  position  in  the  sister] 1  of  commercial  municipali- 
ties; for  where  may  we  look  to  find  a  place  of  the  import- 
ance of  Fori  Wayne,  with  tin-  record  of  as  tew  failures  as 

have   occurred    here?      The  Mattering   conditi f   retail 

trade  in  this  city    is   due  to  several  causes,  and   foremost 
among  these  arc  the  high  character   of  our  merchants,  their 
keen     business     intelligence, 
their    progresive    enterprise, 
the  splendid    quality   of   their 
stocks,     and    the     uniformly 

good  values  extended  to  their 

patrons.  With  inducements 
such  as  are  offered  in  thi'  re- 
tail stores  of  Fort  Wayne, 
there  is  no  object  for  our 
people  to  seek  the  larger 
markets  of  Chicago,  Cincin- 
nati or  New  York.  With 
resident  buyers  constantly  in 
the  eastern  market  to  supply 
the  local  trade  out  merchants 
are  able  to  compete  with 
dealers  anywhere,  and  it  is  a 
subject  of  remark  thai  not 
even  the  greater  cities  offer 
hotter  bargains  to  the  public 
than  can  he  secured  over  the 
retail  counters  in  Fort  Wayne 
There  is  onlj  one  obstacle 
in    the    path    of   the    fullest 


this    direction.     Our    < ntrj 

trade  is  not  what  it  ought  to 
be,  not  what  it  has  been,  ami 
may  we  not  hope  that  it  is 
not  what  it  will  he  in  the 
future.  The  cause  id'  this 
failure  to  come  up  to  her  full 
standard  of  business  patron- 
age, is  treated  of  at  some 
length  in  a   previous  chapter  on  the  grain  trade.     It  is  due 

solely  to  the  condition  of  our  unimproved   countn    r Is 

and  the  costly  tolls  exacted  on  the  turnpikes.  Y ears  ago, 
before  the  era  of  railroad  building  hail  constructed  parallel 
trunk  lines  at  distances  of  less  than  a  dozen  miles  apart,  the 
local  retail  market  had  patronage  from  western  Ohio,  south 

era  Michigan  and  a  large  pari  of  north  and  eastern  [ndii 

The  building  of  these  roads  has  lost  some  of  this  trade  for 

our    city     fo]e\  er;  hut     with    a     widespread    system     of    free 

gravel  roads,  much  of  il  might  he  regained,  and  it  is  hoped 
that  laws  recently  enacted  and  new  legislation  that  is 
needed,  will  do  much  to  give  us  relief  in  the  direction  of  re- 
moving the  embargo  uj local  trade  established  i>\   the 

maintenance  of  toll  roads  In    private   Corporations. 


UJGUST  F.  SIEMOK 


The  dry  g Is    trade    in    Fort   Wayne    is   represented    In 

thirt  \   est  a  hi  isl  unci  its.  doing  a  business  every  \  ear  that  takes 

seven  figures  to  rept  lume.  It  is  the  boasl  ol 
..in'  people  that  in  quality  of  stock,  attractiveness  -t  exhibit, 
and  uniform  lowness  of  price.  Fori  W  ;n  ne  dr>  g Is  houses 

are  not  surpassed  in  an\  city. 

Groceries  are  sold  in  more  than  one  hundred  and  forty 
establishments  in  Fort  Wayne, though  id  all  of  this  number 
are  extensive  dealers. 

\  i .. . 1 1 1  forty  stores  in  this  citj  are  engaged  in  the  sell- 
ing ol'  drugs  and  medicines 
and  the  dealers  in  this  line 
stand  in  the  front  ranks  of 
our  merchants  in  point  of 
intelligence  and  thrift  and 
the  trade  is  uniformly  at- 
tended with  prosperity. 

There   are  a  dozen   or  more 
establishmi  ni  -  engaged  in  the 
retail    furniture    trade,  which 
.0  i-  -ne  of  the  most  prosperous 

of   local  commercial  pursuits. 
Thirty  linns  an-  engaged  in 
the    retailing    of  boots    and 

shoes. 

About  twentj  two  merchant 
tailors  do  business  here. 

A  dozen  establishments  are 
devoted  t<>  the  sale  of  cloth- 
ing, hat-,  cap-  and  furnishing 
goods. 

Fifteen  concerns  earn  on  a 
genera]  trade  in  hardware. 
sto\ es  and  house  furnishing 
goods. 

Twelve  stores  sell  music, 
musical  instruments  and  mer- 

There  are  a  do/en  book 
stores  here. 

Fifteen  notion  stores  do 
business  in  Fort  Wayne. 

The  number  of  saloons,  we 
don't    know,     but      there    are 
eunuch  to  supply  the  demand. 

The  character  of  Hie  business  blocks  thai  house  the  re- 
tail trade  of  Fort  Wayne,  is  first  class  Better  store  rooms 
than  those  occupied  by  onr  leading  merchants  are  not 
found,  except  iii  the  palatial  blocks  of  the  ureal  cities  of 
the  Country.  The  commodious  quarters  occupied  In  Root 
&  Company,  DeWald  A  Company,  William  Halm  &  Com- 
pany, Meyer  Brothers  &  Company,  Beadell  a  Company,  M. 

Frank  A  (  ompany,  -am.  Fete  A  Max.  [,ouis  "Woll  A  Com- 
pany. F.  . I.  ( o. idem  A.  I.  ami  II.  Friend,  Pixie}  A  Com 
pauy,  Mergentheim  A  Company,  .1.  1!.  White  and  many 
other  well  known  dealers,  are  the  pride  of  our  people  and 

the  subject  of  favorable  comment  In  all  who  make  our 
city  a  \  isit. 


FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE., 


FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 


OF  FORT  WAYNE, 


Corner  Main  ami  Conn'  stkkf.t 


Oldest  National  Bank  in  State  of  Indiana. 


Capital  and  Surplus,  $475,000. 


OFFICERS: 
.1.  II.  Bass,  President. 
M.  W.  Simons,  Vice-President 

I. km.  1;.  II  \i;  1  vi  \\.  Cashier. 

W.  I..  PETTIT,  Assistant  Cashier. 


('has.  McCulloch,  President.       John  .Mum;.  .It:.,  Cashier. 


The  Hamilton 


National  Bank, 


Capital,  1200,000. 

surplus.  240,000.  FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 


Stephen  B.  l'.n.M 

OLIVER   I'.  MORG 

..  President. 

w,  Vice-President 

Jared  1>.  Bond, 
James  C.  Woodt\ 

.1:111.  Ass't  Cashi 

Capital,  $350,000. 
Surplus,  $  125,000. 


The  Old  National  Bank, 


DIRECTORS: 
Oliver  P.  Morgan.  Stephen  B.  Bond. 

John  m.  Bass.  Heni:y  C.  Paul. 

Montgomery  Hamilton. 


FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 


John  w.  White,  President. 
Tims.  li.  Hedekin,  Vice-Preside 
Hakky  A.  Keplinger,  Cashier. 
Gustave  G.  Detzer,  Assistant 


White  National  Bank. 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS,  $220,000. 

Pays  '■>  per  cent  interest  per  annum  on  time  deposits. 
Safe  Deposit  Boxes  for  Rent  at  $5.00  per  Annum. 

DIRECTORS  : 
.1.  B.  White.  B.  T.  M<  Don  u  d. 

K.  L.  Romy.  Sol.  Rotiisi  iiild. 

'I'.  B.  Hedekin.  J.  W.  White. 

I),  c.  Fisher. 


NUTTMAN  &  CO., 

BANKERS, 


FORT  WAYNE, 


IND. 


We  solicit  accounts  of  Corporations,    Firms  and 
individuals. 

Exchange  bought  and  sold. 

Collections  receive  prompt  attention. 

Our  Vault  and  Safes  are  Fire  and  Burglar  Proof. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


FORT  WAVXK  UP  TO  DATE. 


Substantial  Banking  Houses  of  Fort  Wayne. 


Y\  Nwere  are  hanks  and  banks,  and  there  arc  cities 
having  banks  with  larger  capital,  more  surplus  and 
greater  deposits  than  those  of  Fori  Wayne;  but  we 
challenge  any  city  in  the  United  States  to  show  a  cleaner 
record  in  its  annals  of  banking  than  belongs  to  our  own 
favored  citv.  Never,  in  all  hei  history,  was  there  a  bank 
failure  in  Fori  Wayne.  Never  were  the  doors  of  an)  bank- 
ing house  here  closed  for  a  single  hour  because  of  inability 
to  meel  legitimate  demands  made  over  its  counters.  Never 
has  the  business  community  here  been  denied  liberal  ac- 
commodations at  the  hands 
of  the  local  hanks.  Never 
have  local  business  interests 
Buffered  because  of  a  failure 
tn  secure  the  discounting  of 
commercial  paper. 

Where  is  the  city  that  can 
boast  "f  a  record  equal  to 
this?  Where  is  the  city  of 
45,000  people  that  can  point 
to  banking  institutions  so 
capablj  and  intelligently  con- 
ducted through  a  period  of 
half  a  centun  ? 

During  the  early  days  of 
the    present    era    of   business 

depression,  when  the  i pie, 

not  know  ing  how  to  account 
for  the  sudden  and  widespread 


hearing  of  hank  wrecks,  and 
embezzlements,  and  defalca- 
tions, became  restless  and 
uneas\  lest  their  savings 
should     be     lost:    and    when 


an  drawers,  there  never 
anything  like  a  run  on 
Fort  Wayne  hank,  and 
ths  ago,  even   dollar  that 

l 11  withdrawn  was  retun 

>ni| \ .  unt  il    to-daj    I  lie 


hmoredollars  to  keep 
of  Fori  Wayne  have 
mon  monej  on  deposit  than  when  the  era  of  hard  times 
began;  for  people  are   beginning  to  realize  that  there  is  no 

safer  place  for  i iej   than  in  the  coffers  of  a  local  bank. 

Five  banks  of  deposil  arc  doing  business  in  this  city.     I  >f 


th 


iks. 


ick  of  these  national  banks  is  si.i 
d  iiiidix  ided  profits  on  t he  li h  da; 
round  figures  to  nunc  than  $620,1 


Ma\  last,  amounted 
and  the  total  ni  de 

e  buildings  erected 
,1  National  Bank,  at 
•ts.  iii  the  ven  heart 


of  the  city,  has  a  massive  and  elegant  three-story  stone 
structure,  built  two  years  ago,  and  constituting  one  of  the 
handsomest  and  most  attractive  buildings  in  the  city.  Its 
office  is  fitted  up  with  the  latest  and  most  approved  fixtures, 
and  is  a  model  of  comfort  and  convenience  in  all  of  its  ap- 
pointments. 

The  White  National  Bank,  at  the  corner  of  Clinton  and 
Wayne    streets,     has     must     elaborate    and   commodious 
quarters.     Indeed,  it  is  doubtful  if  any  bank  in  the  state  of 
Indiana  is  mure  elegantly  housed  than  is  tins  young  but 
remarkably   prosperous  insti- 
tution.    Its  building  is  three- 
stories  in  height  and  its  office 
occupies    the    entire   ground 
door,  having  a  floor  space  60 
x60  feet.      The  furniture  and 
fixtures    of    the    White    Hank 
arc   of  the   latest    design,  of 
substantial       material       and 
*^  artistic  workmanship.     Most 

excellent  taste  and  skill  are 
shown  in  all  the  arrange- 
ments, and  nothing  could  be 
more  complete  and  convenient 
than  are  all  the  accessories  of 
this  office. 

The  First  National  Bank, 
which  for  so  mam  years  has 
occupied  the  building  at  the 
corner  of  Court  and  Main 
streets,  is  about  to  he  estab 
lished  in  new.  commodious 
and  elegant  quarters  in  the 
Bass  Block,  where  Work  will 
soon  begin  upon  extensive 
improvements  looking  to  that 

end.    The  r i  is  ven  large, 

and  as  all  the  latest  furniture 
ami  fixtures  are  to  he  adopted 
for  its  use.  the  First  National 
Hank  will  soon  have  an  at- 
tractive home. 
ID-  The      Hamilton      National 

Bank  lias  not  changed  its 
location  for  many  years,  and  it  ma.\  not  do  so  for  sonic  time 
to  come:  hut  as  this  hank  owns  one  of  the  most  desirable 
comers  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  it  is  not  unlikelj  that  somi 
da\  not  far  distant  it  w  ill  occupy  a  spacious  and  convenient 
office  that  shall  vie  with  any  of  its  contemporaries  in  the 
elegance  of  its  appointments. 

The  Xuttiuaii  Bank  has  Us  home  in  the  Bank  Block,  on 
East  Main  street,  where  it  was  established  several  years 
ago.     'fins  is  a  private  hank   and  enjoys,  to  a  high  degree, 

the  confidence  of  the  entire  Community.  It  is  a  sound  and 
conservative  institution. 

\ in  n. is  prominent    in  banking  circles  here  in  other 

days,  are  those  of  ex  Secretan  Hugh  McCulloch,  Allen 
Hamilton, Charles D.  Bond, J.  if  Nuttman and S. Cary  Evans. 


F()1!T  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


Bass  Foundry  and  Machine  Works, 

FORT  WAYNE,  INDIANA. 

IMPROVED  CORLISS  ENGINES, 


SIMPLE.  COMPOUND  AND  CONDENSING. 


U1) 


MEDAL  AWARDED  AT  WORLD'S  COLUMBIAN  EXPOSITION. 

TUBULAR    BOILERS,    FEED    WATER    HEATERS. 

AND  STEAM  SEPARATORS. 

FACTORY,  ELECTRIC  LIGHT,  STREET  RAILROAD, 
AND  ROLLING  MILL  PLANTS. 

SEND  FOR  ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE. 


FOKT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


The  Bass  Foundry  and  Machine  Works. 


taking  up  the  subject  of  the  greater  manufacturing 
industries   of    Fort    Wayne,   the    Bass    Foundr}    and 

Mac! •  Works  natural!}  suggest   themselves,  because 

ieir  overwhelming  importance  to  this  city  and  her  in- 
is.  The  railroad  shops  employ  more  men,  and  disburse 
.  nionej  to  employes;  but,  because  the}  are  owned  and 

nM-ii  b}  capitalists  of  other  states,  the}  d I  possess 

tly  that  place  in  popular  esteem  which  is  accorded  t" 
rreai  industn  whose  title  heads  this  chapter,  ami  which 


dustry,  whose  product  is 
known  wherever  railroads 
have  been  made,  ami  which 
is  itself  a  magnificent  monu- 
ment i"  the  wonderful 
business  capacity  of  the  man 
under  whose  skillful  direction 
it  has  "Town  into  its  present 
magnificent   proportions. 

The  I'.ass  Foundry  ami 
Machine  Works  is  not  as  old 
an  institution    as  some    of   its 

compeers  of  the  Empire  state 
and  New  England;  hut  it 
wears  the  distinguished  honor 
..I  making  some  lines  of  man- 
ufactured products  which  in 
quantity  and  quality  are  with- 
out    successful    rivals    in    the 

world.  It  istheprideof  ever} 
citizen  id'  Fort  Wayne  to  he 
aide  to  sa.\  to  visitors  from 
abroad  that  our  city  holds  the 
parent  pi, mt  of  the  great  Bass 
Foundry,  and  that  the  big  in- 
stitutions at  Chicago  and  St. 


is  an 1}  branches  of  tie- 
Wax istablishment. 

with  feelings  of  profound 
faction  that  the  Fort 
tic  visitor  to  other  cities 
truthfully  proclaim  the 
that  this  great  enterprise, 


itavj 


:els,  emblazoned  with  the  legend  "Bass  Foundry,  Fort 
vne.  Indiana."  And  should  you  visit  Europe  or  the 
ipodes,  England,  France,  Germany,  Russia  or  Australia, 
car  wheel  product  of  Fort  Wayne  would  greet  you, 
ywhere.  The  capacity  of  the  Bs 
died  u  heels  per  da\ .  and  in  season 


Foundr 


several 

-i -i 


l  sill 


strong  wheels,  and  such  a  ma^ndicent  reputation  have  the 
wheels  of  this  great  factory,  that  many  railroads  would  not 
buy  wheels  from  an}  other  source  at  any  price  that  could 
be  named. 

But  the  item  of  car  wheels  is  only  one  of  many  im- 
portant branches  of  manufacture  carried  on  at  this  great 
establishment.  The  Bass-Corliss  Engines  are  famed  ■ 
when-  for  their  remarkable  excellence  in  points  of  material, 
(-.instruction  and  wearing  capacity,  and  the  demand  foi 
these  great  machines  comes  from  all  points  of  the  compass. 
As  showing  the  ability  of  the 
Bass  Foundry  to  compete 
with  the  world,  it  is  in  point 
that  eight  huge  boilers  have 
just  been  constructed  here 
for  use  at  New  Castle.  Penn- 
sylvania, which  is  not  exactly 
"carrying  coals  to  New 
Castle,"  but  it  seems  very- 
like  it.  in  view  of  the  great 
iron  foundries  that  abound  in 
that  locality. 

The  Bass  Foundry  and 
Machine  Works  during  the 
past  twenty  years,  when  run- 
ning to  their  full  capacity. 
have  employed  from  one 
thousand  to  twelve  hundred 
men.  w  ith  a  pay-roll  aggre- 
gat  ing  about  $35,000  a  month, 
which  very  large  sum  has 
been  disbursed  through  the 
regular  channels  of  trade  in 
this  city. 

Ii  has  been  popular,  some- 
times, and  in  certain  circles, 
to  inveigh  against  the  suc- 
cessful manufacturer,  whose 
husiness  skill  and  fori 
have  enabled  him  to  amass  a 
competenc} ;  hut  we  have  yet 
to  meet  that  citizen  of  Imli- 
As^-  ana    who   begrudges    to    Mr. 

John  IF  liass  the  fruits  of  his 
labors  in  building  up  a  manufacton  that  through  forty 
years  has  given   employment,  at   good  wages,  to  hundreds 

of     « potent       workmen,      enabling      them      to      live      in 

happiness  and  contentment,  to  rear  and  educate  their 
families  of  children,  to  bin  and  improve  their  hone-,  and 
to  iiii  respected  ami  honorable  places  in  the  community. 

Since  its  establishment, and  up  to  date,  the  Bass  Foundr} 
and  Machine  Works  have  disbursed  to  employes  man} 
millions    of    dollars,  and    upon    tins   vast    revenue  other 

hundreds    of   trades    people    have   lived    and   prospered.      In 

estimating  the  value  to  out  - 

what  the}  cont  ibute  indirectl}  to  the  general  pub 

always  he  considered       \  great  boon  to  Fort    \\  ayne  has 

been  the  Bass  Foundry. 


FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


FORT  WAYNE  UE  TO  DATE. 


The  Fort  Wayne  Electric  Works. 


5.       A 

The 
r  ex- 
Iders, 
of  its 
nted, 


'ARALLELED,  in  a  city  of  wonderful  manufactur- 
ng  successes,  has  been  the  remarkable  rise  and  pro- 
gress of  the  Fori  Wayne  Electric  Co.,  an  establishment 
which  was  in  its  infancj  ten  years  ago,  and  which  to-da\ 
stands  in  tin-  very  first  rank  of  our  great  industrh 
history  of  this  enterprise  would  read  like  a  romance, 
story  of  its  earlj   struggle    of  its  tenacious   right  f 

istence,  of  the  lack  of  i fidence  of  some  of  its  stockhi 

of  the  hopeful  and  enduring  contest  of  its  manager, 
slow  but   steadj  growth,  of  obstacles  met  and  surmo 
of   its   final   triumphant    and 
brilliant       success,      gaining 
victory  over  every  rival  in  the 
great  field  of  electrical  science, 

would  till  a  volume  teeming 
u  hh  interest  to  those  who  de- 
light in  the  contemplation  of 
splendid  achievements. 

To  Mr.  U.  T.  McDonald  be- 
longs the  undivided  honor  of 
projecting,  carrying  forward 
and  preserving  for  this  city 
one  of  the  foremost  of  her 
manufacturing  enterprises.  Ee 


few 


ii  old  frame  structure  on  the 
ickel  Plate  tracks  west  of 
[arrison  street.  lie  was  its 
lanager,  when,  having  out- 
rown  these  dilapidated 
nailers,  it  moved  into  a  more 

(1  h  .lis    building  erected 

>r  its  occupancy  on  East 
olumbia  street.  Ee  was  in 
mtrol     Of     its     affairs   when 


dw; 


lit 


ing  years,  and  saw   its  greal  R-  t.  s 

possibilities  of  growth  if  only 

capita]  might  be  placed  in  his  hands  with  which  to  develop 
it.  lie  chafed  over  the  indifference  of  stockholders,  who 
had  invested  $1,500  each,  and  who  were  clamoring  for 
dividends  on  that  investment,  while  declining  to  pul 
another  dollar  into  an  enterprise  thai  was  suffering  for 
need  of  widespread   improvement.     And  then,  one  da\  he 

went  to  New    York,  and  stint  led  his  Fori   Wayne  coadjutors 

by  wiring  for  their  acceptance  of  $80,000 apiece  for  their  in- 
terest in  a  property  thai  had  cost  each  of  them  the  magnificenl 
sum  of  $1,500.  The  deal  was  made,  and  the  Fort  Wayne 
Electric  Companj  passed  into  the  hands  of  a  greal  and 
wealth}  corporation;  but,  as  Mr.  McDonald  had  been  true 
to  the  interests  of  the  local  stockholders,  securing  to  them 


interests  of  his  city,  for  he  made  the  sale  conditional  upon 
the  plant  being  maintained  at  Fort  Wayne.  Then  came 
the  disastrous  lire  that  left  the  electric  works  a  crumbling 
mass  of  ruins.     The  corporation  controlling  the  works  again 

desired    to    re ve    the     plant     to    the    easl     where     vacant 

factories,  owned  b\  them,  awaited  the  business  of  the  local 
works.  Again  Mr.  McDonald's  strong  individualit}  and  his 
never  flagging  loyalty  to  Fort  Wayne  wen-  shown.  The 
company  was  obdurate  in  its  determination  to  move,  but  it 
desired  above  all  to  retain  Mr.  McDonald's  services.  The 
eastern  managers  insisted. 
Mr.  McDonald  was  firm  and 
threatened  to  resign.  Finally, 
a  compromise  was  effected  to 
the  end  that  if  the  citizens  of 
Fort  "Wayne  would  rebuild 
the  plant  on  a  scale  commen- 
surate with  the  demands 
upon  it.  the  works  should  re- 
main here.  A  committee, 
comprising  some  of  our  lead- 
ing business  men,  made  a 
prompt  and  active  canvass, 
securing  contributions  in  the 
sum  of  $25,000  and  the  works 
were  saved  to  us.  The  plant 
was  immediately  rebuilt  on  a 
very  extensive  scale,  new 
land  was  acquired,  and  the 
company  extended  the  build- 
ing far  beyond  its  promises  to 
meel  the  steadily  increasing 
demand  for  the  products  of 
this  great  establishment. 
Hundreds   of   new    men   were 

/employed.  The  highest  class 
of  skilled  artists  and  artisans 
were  brought  from  abroad  to 
this  city.  A  large  contingent 
of  expert  workmen  came  from 
Brooklyn  to  Fort  Wayne,  and 
never   was  an   investment   of 

$25, made  to  better  pur 

pose  than  that  which  per- 
Wayne  Electric  Works  for  Fort 
Wayne.  It  would  be  impossible,  in  the  few  words  left  for 
this  subject,  to  tell  all  that  has  been  accomplished  for  us  b\ 
this  greal  industry.  It  has  disbursed  among  our  citizens 
from  $20,000  to  $30, I  per  month.  It  has  given  employ- 
ment to  an  army  of  workers.  It  has  developed  tmw 
suburbs  and  has  caused   the  erection  of  hundreds  of  homes. 

It  has  i le  Fori  Wayne  the  best  lighted  place  in  America. 

and  has  advertised  this  city  as  no  ,it\  in  the  country  is  ad- 
verl  ed  It  has  brought  visiting  delegates  ofcouncilmen 
from  other  cities  to  our  hotels,  and  has  secured  the  mone\ 
of  other  municipalities  to  enrich  our  people. 

This  enterprise  shows  what  the  loyal  efforts  of  one  man 
m;i\  accomplish  tor  his  city. 


th 


FORT  WAYXE  UP  TO  DATE. 


S.  F.  BOWSER  &  CO., 

The  "Perfect"  Self=Measuring 

OIL  •  ^HiSntTANKS 
J^  — 

NEARLY  50,000  NOW  IN  USE. 
East  Creighton  Ave.,  FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 

PAUL  E.  WOLF, 

PARLOR   FURNITURE, 

COUCHES,  BED  LOUNGES, 

AND  ALL  KINDS  OF  MATTRESSES. 

Fort  Wayne  Carpet  Cleaning  Works. 

Carpets  Taken   Up,  Cleaned  and   Relaid. 

^^FEATHER  RENOVATING.—* 

S3  and  35  Clinton  Street.  FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 


FOET  -\VAYXi;  UP  TO  DATE. 


The  Bowser  OH  Tank  Industry. 


1 


|x  L885,  the  above  industry  was  established,  of  which 
Sylvanus  F.  Bowser  and  Allen  A.  Bowser  are  pro 
prietors.      They  began  in    unpretentious   quarters   on 

tin- south  side.     Since  then,  thej   have  been  buying  ground 

and  enlarging  their  plant  from  year  to  year,  until  now  they 

have   well  on  to  two  blocks  of  ground,  at  the  corners   of 

Creighton  avenue,  Thomas  and  Julia  streets,  about  half  of 

which  is  used  for  factory  purposes  and  the  remainder  for 

their  homes  and  several  tenement   houses.     This   business 

was  made  a  sneeess  by  the  very  discreet  management  of 

Mr.   s.    F.    Bowser,   who  had 

fourteen  years   experience  as 

traveling    salesman,    and     he 

was    the    first    man    in    this 

country,  if  not  in  the  world, 

who  undertook  to  go  on  the 

road  and  sell  oil  tanks  alone, 

which  gave    him    a  thorough 

knowledge  of  how  to  handle 

agents  as  well  as  a  thoroughly 

practical    knowledge    of    the 

tank    business,  winch   under- 
standing he  has  used  to    the 

best  possible  advantage. 
A  comprehensive  idea  may 

be  formed  as  to  the  growth  of 

this  establishment  when  it  is 

known   that    no   longer  than 

eight    years  ago  S.  F.  Bowser 

was  its  salesman,  book-keeper 

and  manager.       To-day  it  re- 

quires   ten    clerks    to   handle 

their     office     business,    even 

in     these     depressed     times. 

Although    business   is  not  as 

lively    as   at    this    time    last 

year,  (hex    have  latelj    begun 

the   manufacture    of    several 

new   articles,   which  make   up 


last 


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several  things,  some  of  which  we  have  mentioned  and  s ■ 

more  we  will  now  mention:  the\  arc  the  inventors  of  all 
their  patents  in  oil  handling  appliances.  That  is.  they  are 
the  first  inventors  and  manufacturers  of  modern  oil  handling 
devices,  hence  with  a  clear  untraversed  Held  before  them. 
thej  were  enabled  to  invent,  without   hindrance  or  intrud 

ing,  such  devices  as  well  merit  the  name  "Perfection," 
hence    they    arc    inventors    and    not     imitators.     Therefore, 


f  can  put   it   lip,  Simp 

peration;  il   \\  ill  disi 


tank  and  il   is   renih 

eel  half  gallon  or  quart  at  a  stroke,  at  the  win  of  the 
:ator.       Another  reason   is,  thev have  alwa1     made  thei" 


g Is  of  the  best  material  possible,  and  bj  first-class  work- 
men, and  in  substantiation  thereof,  thej    warrant  all  their 

g Is  to  arrive  at   destination   in   g 1  order  and  so  remain 

for  three  years;  but  few  lines  of  goods,  if  any.  are  thus 
warranted,  which  shows  the  confidence  the  makers  have  in 
them.  For  these  reasons  and  several othi  rs  which  might  be 
mentioned,  this  firm  has  had  a  continuous  growth  and  the 
stead\  demand  for  their  goods,  which  has  increased  very 
rapidly  in  the  last  few  years,  has  rendered  their  present 
quarters  inadequate  to  the  demand,  hence  they  have  about 
completed  an  office  22x65 
feet,  which  will  be  finished 
and  furnished  in  oak,  having 
all  the  modern  electrical  ap 
pliances  and  speaking  tubes, 
so  that  every  department  of 
the  main  shopcan  he  commun- 
icated with  from  the  office, 
with  the  utmost  satisfaction. 
They  expect  to  occupy  their 
new  office  about  June  1st.  at 
which  time  their  present 
capacious  quarters  will  be 
converted  into  a  machine 
room  which  department  is 
now  very  much  crowded. 

This  enterprise  furnishes  a 
remarkable  illustration  of 
what  may  be  accomplished  by 
grit,  energy,  intelligence  and 
close  application  to  business. 
The  Messrs.  Bowser  knew 
that  their  tank  was  a  good 
thing;  that  it  served  a  desir- 
able purpose:  that  there  was  .1 
demand  for  just  such  an 
automatic  time-saving,  clean 
l\  machine  for  the  handling 
of  oils.  This  much  proven,  all 
that  remained  was  to  manu- 
facture the  g Is    ami    place 

them  upon  the  market.     How 
to     do     this    without     large 
capital,  was  the   problem  suc- 
cessfully solved  i>.\   these  gentlemen,  and  it  is  a  problem  as 
toother   inventions  that   has  distracted  and  impoverished 
many   bright    men  ever    since    the  era  id'  invention   began. 
That  the  Bowser  brothers  were  able,  bj   sheer  force  of  per- 
sonal integrity  and   their  own  tireless  energy,  to  cam  on 
this  enterprise,  gradually  increasing  its  capacity  to  mi 
great  demand,  w  ithout  incurring  liabilities  fatal  to  its 
perity,  is  a  consummation  over  which  they  have  cause  for 
self  congratulation   and    in    which   everi    citizen    < 
Wayne   should   have   an    interest,  for  the  pi 
great  facton    has  done  much  to  advertise  the  name  of  our 
city.     Having  about  sixt}   traveling  salesmen  covering  the 
United   States,  the  most   remote  parts  me  as  much  under 

I  -   is  In, liana. 


FORT  WAYNE  VI'  TO  DATE. 


Fort  Wayne  City  Government 

UP  TO  DATE. 


Mayor    Ciiauni  i:v  B.  Oakley. 
Clerk     William  Jeffries.  Comptroller — Fames  H.  Simonson.  Attorney— Benjamin  F.  Xinde. 

COUNCILMENA  T-LARGE. 

Robertson  J.  Fisher.  John  Mohr,  Jr.  C.  H.  Waltemath. 

Emmet  II.  McDonald.  Charles  (..  Uriebel. 


WARD  COUNCILMEN. 

Firsl     William  H.  Tigar.  Sixth     William  M.  Gle? 

Second     lh-.\i:\    I ..  Sommers.  Seventh-    PeterJ.Schei 

Third    George  H.  Loesch.  Eighth     Paul  E.  Wolf. 

Fourth     Anthony   Kelker.  Ninth    John  Young. 

Fifth     Hi:\i;\   Hild.  Tenth     Barney  Borkens 


BOARD  OF   PUBLIC  SAFETY. 

Charles  S.  Bash.  David  2f.  Foster.  Uodolpiius  13.  Rossington. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS. 


In. .m  is  1).  DeVilbis 


WATER  WORKS  TRUSTEES. 

Henry  C.  Graff  e. 


SCHOOL   TRUSTEES. 

John  Moritz.  Ely  A.  Hoi  i  man. 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  POLICE. 

James  Liggett. 


CHIEF  OF  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STREETS. 

Nelson  Thompson. 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PARKS. 

Cn  vrles  A.  Doswell. 


FORT  WAYXE  UP  TO  DATE. 


Some  Great  Industries  of  Fort  Wayne. 


nlliani  Min-i  -- 


^1  P'hkuk  are  many  establishments  engaged  in  manu- 
facturing here,  whose  achievements  it  would  be  a 
pleasure  to  chronicle,  and  whose  products  it  would 
be  a  labor  of  love  to  extoll;  but  thej  are  so  numerous  and 
their  interests  are  so  varied,  thai  in  the  few  pages  allotted 
to  this  subject,  it  will  be  impossible  to  give  more  than  a 
brief  mention. 

The  history  of  the  Fort  Wayne  Organ  Company  is  about 
co-extensive  with  thai  of  the  News.  Its  twenty  years  of  life 
have  i"  en  twenty  years  of  triii 
The  products  of  this  factory 
have  wen  recognition  all  over 
the  globe,  and  it  is  believed 
that  there  is  nocountn  in  the 
world,  inhabited  !>\  civilized 
beings,  that  has  not  heard  the 
strains  of  the  Packard  <  >rgan, 
manufactured  in  Fort  Wayne. 
There  is  a  Fort  Wayne  <  >rgan 
in  the  boudoir  of  the  Empress 
of  Germany.  Fort  Wayne 
Organs  are  sold  h.\  the  fore- 
most music  houses  of  London, 
England.  The  great  firm  of 
Steinway  &  Sons  are  proud  to 
be  counted  agents  of  this 
superior  instrument.  Geoi  ge 
W.  Morgan,  S.  B.  Mills. 
Clarence  Eddy,  Harrison  M. 
Wild,  George  F.  Root,  Albert 
Ross  Parsons,  S.  X.  Penfleld 
and  Ail  Neuendorf  and  other 
renew  ned  organists  have  vied 
cine  w  ith  another  in  terms  of 
praise  over  its  superlative 
merits.  Fort  Wayne  is  proud 
of  her  Organ  Company. 

The  Olds  Wagon  Works  are 
among  our  substantia]  great 
industries.  Here,  the  art  of 
wagon  making  has  been  re- 
duced to  fin  dt  wkh   science, 

and    the    occupation    of    the  v.  a. 

cross-roads  blacksmith  of  forty 

years  ago,  who  took  three  months  to  build  a  buggy  that 
cosl  $150,  has  given  waj  tut  he  modern  application  of  lira  ins 
to  the  business  of  carriage  making,  as  employed  at  this 
great  factory,  whereby  a  better  quality  of  work  is  ac- 
complished at  less  than  half  the  rust  and  in  a  feVi  hours  of 
time.  The  (Mils  Wagon  Works  produce  Farm  Wagons, 
Spring  Wagons,  Surreys,  Open  Buggies,  Top  Buggies, 
Phaetons,  Buck  Boards,  &c,  and  their  wagons  are  sold  all 
over  the  world,  carrying  the  name  of  Fort  Wayne  to  all 
nations  ami  all  people. 

The  Indiana  Machine  Works  stand  high  an gour: -e 

reeeiith  established  industries.  This  company  makes  all 
kinds  of  wood- working  machinery  of  the  most  modern  de- 
sign and  must  evpiisite  workmanship,  and  it   requires  a 


catalogue  ot  nearl)  one  hundred  and  fifty  pages  to  illustrate 
the  different  machines  and  to  print  the  numerous  tes- 
timonials of  their  excellence.  Mr.  John  ('.  Peters,  who  has 
Long  been  prominently  identified  with  Fort  Wayne  manu- 
factories, is  president  of  this  company,  and  the  bt 
management  has  been  foi  several  years  in  the  capable  hands 
of  Mr.  John  Landenburg,  to  whom  meat  credit  is  dui 
intelligence  and  enterprise  in   building  up  a  large  and  im- 


rtant  industry. 
uf  the    Wavni 


Knittinir   Mills 


J  be  said  that  the 
exact  nature  ot  this  infant  in- 
dustry is  not  indicated  b\  its 
name.  It  certainly  is  one  of 
the  most  prominent  manu- 
facturing features  of  Fort 
Wayne,  and  is  deserving  of 
special  mention.  This  is  the 
"iil\  exclusively  full-fashioned 

hosiery  mill  in  the  United 
States,  and  while  only  about 
two  }  ears  old,  the    fame  of  Its 

g 1-    has   already    extended 

from  coa^t  to  coast,  and  its 
products  are  sold  by  the  most 
prominent  houses  in  the  trade 
throughout  the  country.  The 
production  has  steadily  ad- 
4  vanced,    until     it    has     now 

|  reached    al t      $12,000    per 

month,  employing  about  115 
people,     with    a    pay-roll    of 

t  I. per  month.      From  this 

it  can  readily  be  seen  what  a 
factor  in  Fort  Wayne's  pros- 
perity this  institution  has 
already  become.  This  com- 
pany is  now  making  an  in- 
destructible black  stocking 
for  both  ladies  and  gentle- 
men, which  is  guaranteed 
both  in  colorand  wear.  Few, 
if  any.  mills  in  this  line  have 
ever  guaranteed  the  "ear  ,•( 
their  goods.  This  is  a  new 
hosiery  business  and  promises  to  be  quite 
popular.  The  company  is  officered  bj  the  following  gentle- 
men: B.C.  Paul.  President;  W.  IF  Dreier,  Vice-President; 
John  Ferguson,  Treasurer,  and  T.  F.  Thieme,  Secretary. 
Fort  W  ;ii  ne  capital  exclusively  is  interested  in  this  mill  and 
its  stockholders  deserve  the  thanks  of  the  community  for 
bringing  this  industry  from  Chemnitz,  Germany,  where  i I 
has  been  established  over  one  hundred  years. 

The  Fort  Wayne  Ir.m  Works  are  a  branch  of  the  Bass 
Foundry,  the  lesser  concern  having  been  absoi 
years  ago  h\  its  greatest  rival.  This  establishment  has  beet 
successfully  conducted  for  a  period  of  manj  years,  and  its 
manufactures  arc  celebrated  for  their  uniform  high  quality. 
The  manutai  I  lire  Of  gas  < 


ture 


FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


J.  F.  CURTICE, 

REAL  ESTATE  AND  LOANS, 

INVESTMENT  BROKER. 


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FORT  WAYNE  REAL   ESTATE   IS  STILL  CHEAP. 


BUT  STEADILY  ADVANCING. 


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elligenl  and  thrifts  inhabitants, 
coming  to  the  front  as  a  greal 
al.  manufacturing  and  railroad 


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ii\ e  3 ears.   I 'i ir  I hese  reasons,  Fori 

Real  Estate  is  steadilj   advancing 

1    indicates   a    health}    a 

i  in s  growl  h  and  merits  the  car 

hiii  i uid  favorable  con  sidei  atio 

vestors  who  an'   iii  search  of  -a 
pri .i  1 1  \ r.i  i.  m\ estments. 

Full    information,    prices,    ten 
pecial  bargains  on  application,   li 


ds,  Western  and 
ess  Chances.  Tim- 
ls,    Ranches,  Live 


MONEY  TO  LOAN. 

$100 to $100,000.  Lowest  rates 
iest  terms.  Mortgage  notes  and 
rial  paper  boughl  ami  sold.  Cap- 
iced  en  choice  real  estate  first 
;es  withoul  expense  in  loaner. 


t  Persons  wishing  to  buy,  sell 
or  exchange  property  of  any  kind 
or  desiring  to  loan  or  borrow  money, 
will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call 
on  or  address  me. 


Rooms  3  and  4,  White  Bank  Building, 


Reference  :  White  National  Bank. 


FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 


FOBT  WAYNE  II'  TQ  DATE. 


Other  Noted  Fort  Wayne  Factories. 


PROMINENT  among  manufactories  established  during 
the  past  ten  years,  is  the  I>.  N.  Foster  Furniture 
Company,  manufacturers  of  the  celebrated  Bruns- 
wick Folding  Bed,  and  furniture  of  all  the  better  grades. 
This  establishment  is  located  on  East  Columbia  street,  and 
dors  an  extensive  business,  its  folding  bed  trade  reaching 
;ill  parts  of  the  country,  and  its  manufaetnred  furniture 
being  widely  distributed  through  the  various  wholesale  and 
retail  establishments  under  the  same  management  at  Fort 
Wayne,  Lafayette,  Terre  Haute  and  Jackson.  A  very  im- 
portant addition  to  this  plant 
lias  recently  been  consum- 
mated in  the  purchase  of  the 
Auburn  Church  Furniture 
Factory,  which  lias  been 
merged  with  the  Fort  Wayne 
concern,  increasing  the  work- 
ing force  very  considerably. 

The  Pape  Furniture  Com- 
pany is  also  an  extensive 
establishment,  devoted  to  the 
manufacture  of  all  kinds  id' 
office  and  household  furniture. 
This  manufactory,  located  on 
the  north  side,  has  been  in 
operation  only  a  few  years, 
but  in  that  time  it  has  won 
an    excellent    reputation    for 

the     high      character      of     its 

goods. 

The  Peters  Box  and  Lumber 
Company,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  <  'harles  Pape.  of  the 
Pape  Furniture  Company, 
manufactures  packing  cases 
and  does  a  large  business  in 
that  staple  commodity,  and 
also  in  band  saw  mills. 
Several  hundred  hands  find 
employment    in    .Mr.    Pape's 

Mr.  Paul  E.  Wolf  conducts 
alarge  upholstering  establish- 


these  machines  is  something  enormous.       When  it  is  staled 

that    istablishment    in    Philadelphia   recently  ordered 

two   car   loads   of   washing   machines  from  a  local  manu- 
factory, some    idea  of  the  extent  of  this  industry  maybe 
obtained.     The  "Utility"  is  another  new  washer. 
The   manufacture  of  overalls,   shirts,  cheap   pants,   and 

shirt  waists    for    children    is    carried    on    extensively    in  this 

city,  the  lloosier    Manufacturing    Company,    D.   S.    Rede! 


D.   \.  FOSTER. 


n   Hi 


mattresses, 
the  higher 
id'as.  divans 


The  washing  machine  industry  of  this  city  is  one  of  our 
most  Important  interests,  anil  the  claim  is  made  lor  I'm! 
Wayne  that  more  washing  machines  are  made  here  than  in 
any  city  in  Hie  world.  The  Weisell  Washer,  made  by 
Diether<&  Barrows;  the  Rocker  Washer,  manufactured  bj 

Frank    Alderman;   the    A.nthonj     Wayne    Washer,   made   by 

the   Antl y    Wayne   Mi facturing  Company,  and   the 

Western  Washer,  of  the   Horton  Manufacturing  Company, 
are  all  products  of  the  highest  character,  and  theoutputof 


M.  Poster  being  the  principal 
f  these  large  plants  has  been 
exceedingly  prosper  ius 

Road  Machines  constitute 
a  ver\  important  element  of 
..in-  manufactures.  The  In- 
diana Reversible  Road  Ma- 
chine is  made  by  the  Indiana 
Machine  works,  and  is  making 
wonderful  strides  in  popu- 
larity tor  so  young  a  claimant 
to  public  favor.  It  is  a  model 
in  the  wa\  of  beautiful  out- 
lines, as  pretty  as  a  i 
sulky,  and  it  is  a  veritable 
giant  in  its  capacity  lor  work. 
The  Fleming  Road  Machine 
is  also  an  excellent  road- 
maker,  and  has  enjoyed  a 
large  sale  throughout  the 
country  for  several  \  ears. 

The  manufacture  ol  beer 
in  Fort  Wayne  is  carried  on 
extensively  in  the  two  great 
breweries  of  Berghoff  Pros., 
and  Centlivre  Bros.  The  pro- 
ducts of  these  great  concerns 
is  very  popular  with  the  trade 
and  the  output  is  very  large. 
'I'h  is  business  gives  stead)  em- 
ployment to  several  hundred 
men.  and  \  ields  large  revenues 

to    the    government   ami    to 
those  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture. 
The    establishment    of    I.. 

hen!  womlen  work  ft'  all  kinds, 
does  an  extensive  lillsiliess  in 
se   hall  and  law  n    tennis  goods. 


Rastetter,  manufacturer  i 

bugg\  Ih.ws.  bicycle  tires. 

A.  dozen  firms  are  engaged   in   brick  making  in  our  city. 

There  are  about  fifteen  carpet  weavers  in  Port  Wayne, 

Ten  establishments  are  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of 
wagons,  carriages  and  buggies. 

About  thirty-five  cigar  factories  are  earned  on  in  this 
city,  giving  employ  ment  to  about  two  hundred  men. 

The  Ken  Murray  Foundn  and  the  Western  (.as  Con- 
I  struction  Company,  two  large  establishments,  are  largely 
devoted  to  the  making  of  gas  works. 

I..  Diether  &  Pro..  Boffman  Pros.,  .1.  Kl.-tt  &  Son  and 
Kliiiiesmith  A  Simonson  are  in  the  plaining  mill  bus 


FORT  WAYXE  UP  TO  DATE., 


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THE  RANDALL, 


FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 


FOBT  WAYXK   CJP  TO   D  VI  I. 


Fort  Wayne's  Natural  Gas  Resources. 


T  is  with  a  feeling  of  profound 
pardonable  pride  that  every 
contemplates    the    introducti 

ling  the  Salimonie  Mining  and  I 

risking  large  sums  of  ney ;  i 

I  pluck  in  developing  what   is 


gratitude  and  a  sense  of 
citizen  of  Fori  w  ay  ae 
m  to  this  city  of  an 
ruin  the  seemingly  inex- 
ro  the  gentlemen   com- 


Charles  McCulioch, 
Ferguson,  B.  S.  ( »'< 
a  capitalization  of 
grown  tti  such  inn 
banking  or  manul 
employs  regularly 
supply  ing  natural 
for  both  heating  an 
of  the  in  ; 


ths    tin 


il   into 
ooking 


\  's  material  welfare  dwarf 

0  utter  insignificance  when 
iughi  into  comparison  with 
i  supreme  convenience  and 
■  overwhelming  importance 

this  grand  achievement, 
th  natural  gas  in  their 
lies,  the  people  of  Fort 
ly  iic  cannot  be  too  grateful 
t  (lie  gas  fields,  with  their 
sightly  derricks,  with  their 

ensn lors,     with    their 

me  and   smoke,  and  noise, 

1  dirt,  are  fifty  miles  away, 
ving  gas,  we  are  better  ofl 
in  >iit  the  concomitants 
t  attend  its  getting;  with- 

the  boring  and  the  pump- 
r,  and  the  blasting  and  the 


it     th 


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Alfred  Hattersley,   II.  C.  (.rum-.  John 

;    C.  Paul  and  C.  S.  Bash.   From 

a   few  thousand  dollars,  the  same  has 

jnitude  as  I  i   now  outstri])  our  largest 

acturing   institutions.      This   i pany 

iet\veen   sixty   and  seventy    men  and   is 
ias  to  the  entire  city  of 
1  light  ng.    Feu  of  oui  readers  areaware 
f  this  plant       '  be  sur 

the  |i  pe  line  embracing  the  supply  d  s- 
tribution  of  natural 
Fort  Wayne  embraces  over 
207  miles,  distributed  in  a 
field  nf  ovei  200  square  miles 
hi  ten  itory  and  being  drawn 
from    115   wells.      From   this 

line   nearly    39, fires   and 

lights  arc  supplied  and  7,500 
homes  made  cheerful  by  its 
presence.  The  economy  of 
meters  has  been  demonstrat- 
ed   to     such     an    extent     that 

now  nearly    one-fourth  of  the 

consumers  are  thus  supplied. 
The  decrease  in  supply  of  gas 
has  become  very  apparent 
and  the  utmost  economy  and 
care  should  be  used  by  every 
citizen  to  protect  the  same. 
Tin-  diminution  in  supply 
and  the  increasing  amount  of 
sulphur  and  moisture  in 
natural  gas,  thereby  render- 
ing it  unlit  for  an  illuminant, 
has  necessitated  the  purchase 
hi  the  artificial  plant  so  as  to 
combine   the   two   companies 

ami  enable  the  Sali nie  to 

i linue  in   the   illuminating 

business.      It  is  the  intention 

to     at      i  in  *       lei     the 

artificial  plant  so  as  to  in 
crease  the  present  caudle 
power  from  sixteen  to  twenty  - 
'  give  our  people  forty  per  cent. 
sing  the  price,  and  it  is  the  further 
educe  i  he  price  of  artificial  gas  as 
ii     iases.     The  Artificial  com- 

uid    I.eniert   as 


LS  I 


s  daily  life,  that 
lem.  These  days 
e  of  Fort  Wavne 


The  Salimonie  Mining  A  Gas  Co..  was  originally    formei 

Montpeiier,    iml.,  on   the   Salimonie   river,   by  a  t'cv 

oncers  in  the  nat  tiral  gas  business,  embracing  among  then 

e  names  of  such  men  as  R.  c.  Bell,  W.  w.  Worthington 


more  light  without  inc 

intention,  if   possible, 

the  consumption    of   same   increases. 

pany  has  elected  Mi  ssi  s.   Paul.  Bash,  I 

directors.     Our  citizens  can  certainly    be  congratulated  on 

the  fortunate  change  in  ownership  of  this  plant. 

The  board  of  directors  is  composed  of  J.  II.  Bass,  S.  B. 
Bond,  c  S.  Bash,  \\  .  I..  Carnahan,  John  Ferguson,  Charles 
McCulioch.  B.  S.  O'Connor,  II.  C.  Paul  and  E.  R.  Iceland, 
all  but    one   citizens  of  Fort   Way  ne. 

The  officers  ol   the  company  an       n  <     Paul,  President ; 
c.  S.  Bash,  \  n  e  president  .1     I  .  w  .  Scheiman,  Tn 
McCulioch.  Secretary,  and  G.  M.   Hofmann,  Superintendent. 


PORT  WAVNE  IT  TO   DATE. 


A  FEW  COPIES 

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OF 

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PRICE,  $1.00. 

WM.   HAHN  &  CO.,  Proprietors. 

FORT  WAYNE  IP  TO  DATE. 


Drug  and  Chemical  Trade  and  Manufactures. 


^1  P'llK  drug  trade  of  Fort  Wayne  is  a  mosl   importanl 

pari  of  the  cit}  s  c erce.    H  is  carried  on  in  fort} 

establishments,  and  next  to  the  grocer}  trade  is  the 
mos<  widely  distributed  branch  of  the  legitimate  busine  ■  <i 
the  city.      The  druggists  of  Fort  Wayne  comprise  in  their 

mbership   man}   of  the  mosl  progressive,  influential  and 

altogether  estimable  citizens   in  the  community,  and  such 
establishments  as  those  of  Meyer  Brothers  &  Co.,   Dreier  & 

Brother,  Gross  &  Pellens,  C.   B.   VV [worth,   II.  W.  Mord- 

hurst,  George  il.   Loesch,   WUliam    !..   Moellering,    .Martin 
Detzer,    Fred      ffoham     and 


Crown"  Baking  Powder,  manufactured  b}  this  house,  ranks 
beside  the  products  in  thai  line  thai  have  brought  fame  and 
fortune  to  Dr.  Price  and  the  Eoaglands,  of  New  York. 
Tin'  Lincoln  Tea  Company,  of   Fort  Wayne,  is  a  concern 

of  onlj   a   few   years  standing,  bul   its  producl   has  bet le 

famous  from  Maine  to  California,  and   its  popularity   is  at 
tested  b}  large  orders  claih    received  from  all 
country.     The    business    of    this    company  ha 
rapidly  that  it  has  been   found  necessary  to  gre 


city.  In  addition  to  a 
genera]  drug  and  pre- 
scription business,  near!}  all 
the  leading  houses  in  this 
line  cat  r\  stocks  of  surgical 
and  dental  appliances,  and 
Gross  &  Pellens  are  manu- 
facturers' agents  for  bat  bers' 
and    dentists'    furniture    and 


Mi 


ithers 

&  Co.,  of  which  the  local 
establishment  is  the  parent 
louse,  is  one  of  the  largest 
drug  establishments  in  the 
United  states,  and  every  part 
of  the  country  pays  tribute  to 
one  or  another  of  the  branches 
of  this  big  concern.  Mr.  E. 
P.  Williams,  formerly  of  this 
city,  several  years  ago  with- 
drew from  act  i\  e  participation 
in    the     business     of    Meyer 

I  hut  hers    &   CO.,  "I    Which    firm 

he  is  still  a  member,  and  the 
remaining   members    of    this 

firm     have     amassed      goodly 

fori is    111    this    large    and 

flourishing  enterprise.  Not 
only  this  house,  bul  se\ era! 
other     local     establishments,  J.  f.  \ 

engage  re  or   less    exten 

sivel}  in  the  wholesaling  of  drugs.     The  trade   in   paints, 
oils,  glassware  and  putt}  forms  also  an   importanl   adjunct 
tn  this  business,  and  probabl}  no  cit}  of  Indiana,  except  the 
capital  city,  dispenses  so  largel}  of  these  articles. 
The  man  ii  tact  in  e  of  proprietary  medicines  and  of  culinary 

supplies  from  chemicals,  is  an  industry   that   has  assumed  of 

late  years siderable  importance  in  this  city.     Aside  from 

hisregular  drug  trade,  there  is  scarcer}  a  pharmacist  in  the 
cit}  whodoesnol  make  a  specialt}  of  some  formula  with 
whose  merits  he  has  become  acquainted,  and  thi  greal  drug 
house   of  Meyei    Brothers  &  Co.,  with   its  branches  at   St. 

Louis  and    Kansas   City,  has    numerous    proprietary    articles 

ami  patented  medicines,  whose   merits  are  as  familiar  as 


iter  upon  the  manufacl ure  an 

Lincoln  Tea  on  a  very  ex- 
tensive scale.  The  advi  ri  is 
ing  department  has  recently 
been  placed  under  tin'  con- 
trol Of  Mr.  Joseph  B.  Davis,  a 
newspaper  man  of  wide  ex- 
perience, \\lm  is  issuing  a  vast 
amount  of  printed  matter 
Setting  forth  the  merits  of  this 
splendid  article.      3  £>  5"  1 'I.  ?\ 

The     Keller      Medicine     and 

Denta]  Company,  manufac- 
tures medicines,   extracts  ami 

dental    supplies    of  all    kinds. 

and  on  an  extensive  scale.  It 
enjoys  a  very-  large  patronage 
through  many  states  of  the 
union,  and  it  proprietor  and 
manager,  Dr.  .1.  « >.  Keller,  has 
amassed  a  comforta,ble  tor- 
tune  in  the  last  decade  from 
his  profitable  enterprise. 

Dr.    Henry  A.  Read,  V.  s.. 
manufactures     quite    an     ex- 
tensive line  of  medicines  used 
by  him  in  his  w  in.   pi  at  I 
a    veterinan      surgeon,     and 
some   of   these    have   gained 
such    prominence     for 
curative  qualities 
been  compelled  of  late  years 
to  carry    quite   a  stock    (if  his 
IYER.  prescriptions,     alread} 

pounded,     to     meet      tl 
mauds  of  those   who  know  their  value. 

Drs.  Dodge,  Langtn    and    Mi  i  pound  a  good 

many  excellenl  prescriptions  to  he  used  in  their  veterinary 
practice,  which  are  on  sale,  and  which  form  a  considerable 
pan  oi  the  proprietary    medicine  commerce  of  Fori  Wayne. 
Dr.  Middle,  thi  Royal  Baking  Powder,  \v,nich 

has  broughl  fame  and  fortune  to  a  greal  New  i'ork 
still  manufactures  his  popular  perfumes  iii  t  his  city,  ami  has 
a  large  tradi   in  his  own   manufactured   baking  powder,  ex- 

I  ractS    Hid   spices. 

Mr.  Edgar  Kemp  has  recentl}  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  baking  powders  and  pure  spices,  and  his  business  is  in- 
creasing at  a  gratif}  ing  rate. 

•■fat her'-  Balsam"  and  "Father's  Balm"  are  made  here. 


FOET  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE.. 


IDBtflUiDQiQifi 


S.  W. 
HULL, 

WALL  PAPER, 

Window  Shades,  Room  Moulding,  Artists'  Materials,  Paints,  Oils, 
Glass,  Varnishes,  Brushes,   Etc. 

House  and  Sign  Painting,  Paper  Hanging,  Calcimining,  Graining,  Etc. 

Particular  stress  is  laid  upon  the  Excellence  of  our  Hanging.      We  employ  none  but  first-class 

mechanics,  and  Guarantee  the  Highest  Standard  of  Workmanship.     Living 

Prices,  Prompt  Service  and  Courteous  Treatment. 


27  CLINTON  STREET. 


Do  not  forget  INITIALS  nor 
NUMBER. 


27  CLINTON  STREET. 


Telephone  X< 


FOHT   WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


The  Real  Estate  Interests  of  Fort  Wayne. 


0  higher  tribute  to  the  substantial  prosperity  ol  Fort 
Wayne  can  be  cited,  than  rests  in  the  fad  thai  in 
no  city  of  her  class  in  the  United  States  have  values 
in  real  estate  been  so  uniformly  retained,  save  with  an  un- 

deviating  tendencj  to  advance,  as  in  Fori  Wayne.      A.1 1 

twenty  years  ago  the  twenty  feel  frontage  on  Calhoun 
street,  opposite  the  Courl  Eouse,  was  purchased  from  the 
late  John  Hough  at  one  thousand  dollars  per  foot.  The 
price  was  regarded  as  extravagant;  but  the  same  property 
could  not  be  bought  to-day  at  that  figure,  and  the  invest- 
ment lias  proven  a  good  one. 
Ali. nit  three  years  ago,  thirty 

feet,  mi    the    same   street,    but 

with  a  depth  of  hit  only  a 
little  more  than  one-half  as 
great,  brought  $l,100per  foot. 
The  reason  for  the  high  value 
on  desirable  real  estate  in  the 

heart  of  this    city,  is    that   the 

property  will  earn  a  hand- 
some return  mi   the  money  it 

cnsts.  In  the  city  of  Albany, 
New  York,  the  capital  of  the 
Empire  state  of  the  Union,  a 

City  of  1110,1)1)0  people,  at  the 
head  of  navigation  on  the 
great  Hudson  river,  property 
can  l>e  bought  on  Broadway 
or  State  street,  the  principal 
thoroughfares,  for  less  per 
foot  than  Calhoun  street  real 
estate  commands  in  Fort 
Wayne.  The  cause  of  this 
difference  is  as  stated  above. 
Fort  Wayne  business  realty 
will  produce  better  financial 
results  than  the  same  class  of 
property  in  much  larger  cit  ies 

elsewhere.  The       great       <  1 1  > 

e; Is  house    of    Root    A  t  'oln- 

pany,  on  Calhoun  street  in 
this    city,     pays     an     annual 

rental  of    between   $6, and 

$7,000,  and  some   idea   of  the 
advantages  of  Fort  Wayne  as  a  tradi 
tained  from  the  fact  that  merchants 
higher  rents  than  obtain  in  other  places. 
The  development  of  Fort  Wayne's  suburbs  during  recenl 

years,  has  produced    great     activity     in    the    local    real  estate 

market.  The  opening  up  vi  the  large  plants  of  land  owned 
by  the  Hamilton  and  the  Williams  estates  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  city,  was  attended  by  a  very  brisk  demand  for 
residence  property.  The  establishment  of  the  electric  light 
works,  i hi  Broadway .  gaye  a  strong  impetus  t>>  real  estate  in 

that  direction,  and  resulted  in  the  opening  up  of  some  mosl 

excellent  property  in  the  south-western  part  of  the  city. 
Lumbard's  addition  attracted  many  home-seekers  and  home 
builders  to  Nebraska,  where  the  Nickel  Plate  yards  and  the 


be  oi, 
to  pay 


establishment  of  tin-  Horton  Manufacturing  Company's 
plant  and  the  Wayne  Knitting  Mills  offered  strong  induce- 
ments. Then  came  the  grand  scheme  of  the  Land  and  Im- 
provement Company,  an  organization  under  whose  in- 
telligent   management,    s e    neglected    ami    dilapidate, I 

farm  property,  lying  between  the  St.  Joseph  and  Maumee 
rivers,  was  reclaimed  i>\  dykes  from  the  possibility  of  over- 
flow, and  transformed  into  a  beautiful  and  most  popular 
suburb,  with  modern  homes  and  massy  lawns,  and  shade 
trees,    and    llowers.    and    fountains,    and    laki 

In  the  meantime,  w hile  all 
these  additions  have  been 
filling  up.  other  parts  of  the 
city  have  grown  and  spread. 
encroaching  so  rapidly  upon 
the  adjacent  country  that  it 
has  been  found  necessary, 
upon  occasion,  to  extend  the 
city  's  limits. 

And  what  is  better  still. 
and  that  which  speaks 
volumes   for  our  city's  thrift, 

is  the  fact  that  all  the  tune 
this  has  been  going  on.  the 
influx  of  new  people  has  kept 

pace  with  the  city's  growth 
and  the  tenement  houses  in 
the  central  part  of  town  have 
been  kept  well  tilled,  and 
neither  the  price  of  property 
or     the     rate     of     rents     have 

materially  declined. 

Fort    Wayne  has  Ion; 
i  mtgrow  n  her   chr\  sal  - 
Time  was  w  hen   even    citizen 
knew      every      other    citizen. 
Xol    so  now.        The   man  w  ho 

has  lived  for  years  in  the 
sixth  ward  1 1 1 : i \  have  never 
seen  his  neighbor  of  the 
tenth.  This,  of  course,  is  not 
surprising  nor  is  it  peculiar  to 
Fort  Wayne.  <  >n  the  con- 
trary, it  is  a  condition  that 
that  has  changed  from  a  \  illage  to  a 
lentioned  here  as  showing  the  rapid 


ilae 


belongs  to  ev< 

city;  but  the  fact    is  i 

recent    extension  of  our  city's  borders,  and  the  consequent 

large  number  of  real   estate   transactions   that    have   taken 

place  in  the  past  decade. 

As  stated  elsewhere,  real  estate  in    Fort    Wayne  is  not 
held  at  abnormally  high  figures.     Desirable  busines 
are  valuable,  of  course,  because  of  what  thej    will  produce 
in  nuts;  hut  good  residence  lots  in  an)    portion  of  the  city 

can  he  had  at  reasonable  prices,  as  is  evidenced  h\  the  fact 
that  so  many  of  our  people  find  it  cheaper  to  own  their 
own  homes  than  to  occupy  tenements. 

Then  li  nt  cit izen  cannot  he  a 

householder  here. 


FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


KARN  &  NELSON, 

No.  9  EAST  COLUMBIA  STREET, 


CHICKERING, 

James  &  Holmstrom,  Briggs  and  Muehlfeld. 

For  over  seventy  years  the  Chickering  Pianos   have  been  the  standard,  and  have 
given  perfect  satisfaction. 

The  James  &  Holstrom  Pianos  contain  the  most  perfect  transposing  key = board 
of  any  in  the  world;  can  be  played  in  any  of  seven  different  keys. 

The  celebrated  Briggs,  in  tone  and  action  equaled  by  few;  excelled  by  none. 

All  of  the  above  celebrated    instruments  can  be  secured  at  reasonable  prices  and 
on  easy  terms. 

ALL  GOODS  WARRANTED. 


THE    INTERNATIONAL  BUSINESS  COLLEGE, 


V^tt  '■////>/.'///'■         f^jr'i 


CORNER 
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T.  L.  STAPLES,  President. 

VISITORS    ALWAYS    WELCOME. 


FORT  WAYNE  VV  TO  DATE. 


Something  About  the  Wayne  Club. 


VERA'  recent  innovation  is  the  Fort  Wayne  Club,  an 
institution  that  had  not  been  thought  of  five  years 
ago,  but  which  is  now  comfortably  housed  in  its 
own  commodious  building  where  it  has  flourished  for  two 
years  of  prosperous  existence.  The  Fort  Wayne  Club  is  one 
of  the  metropolitan  features  of  this  place,  and  as  such  is  en- 
titled i"  more  than  passing  mention  in  a  work  whose 
province  is  to  deal  with  the  leading  enterprises  of  the  city- 
There  had  been  clubs,  and  chilis,  social,  literary, 
terpsichorean,  political,  religious  and  what  not,  but  there 
seemed  to  be  a  demand  for  an 
organization,  with  attractive 
apartments,  where  the  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city,  without 
regard  to  political  or  other 
affiliations,  might  meet  in  a 
social  way,  and  when-  they 
might,  in  a  becoming  manner, 
entertain  \  isitors  from  abroad. 
To  the  enterprise  of  Mr.  P. 
A.  Randall,  whose  plethoric 
purse  lias  always  been  prompt 
tn  fly  open  at  the  behest  of 
any  enterprise  looking  to  the 
public  advancement,  the  Fort 
Wayne   Club   is  indebted  for 

means  to  earn   out  its  project. 

This  gentleman  had  a  fine 
piece  of  property,  on  Harrison 
street,  between  Berry  and 
Wayne  streets,  and  there  was 
erected  thereon  a  large,  sub- 
stantia]   I  altogether  com- 
fortable and  convenient  club 
In. use.  which  came  into  pos- 
session of  the  club  on  terms 


entertained  at  the  "Wayne  Club"  every  year,  and  among 
these  are  eminent  men  from  all  over  the  country,  governors, 
congressmen,  judges,  politicians,  merchants  and  pro- 
fessional men  nf  even    rank. 

Probably  by  no  other  instrumentality    is  the  name 
city  given  such  wide  and  favorable  publicity  as  through  the 
••Wayne  Cluh's"  hospitality    to  visiting  guests  of  frii 
this  eitv.     The  gentleman  who  has  received   the  welcome 


that  is  u 
ganizatl 


the 


ml    make 
revenues 


is  I. 


han  sufficient  t"  meet  all  accruing  liabilities,  and  its 
standing  has  been  maintained  from  the  day  of  its 
pening.  Its  social  status  is  recognized  everywhere 
■nil  has  the  high  endorsement  "i  man}  of  the  best 
i  of  Fort  Wayne,  who  frequent  its  parlors  in  a  social 
ml  als.i  at   meetings  of  various  literary   ami  musical 


guests  of  members  of  tl 
h  a  sense  of  social  obligation 
conferred  upon  him.  which 
prompts  him  tn  oft  repeated 
ami  kindly  expressions  "t 
regard  not  only  I'm-  the  club, 
hut  for  the  city  whose  people 
constitute  its  membership. 
In  many  ways  this   organi- 

zati tontributes     to     the 

welfare  of  the  city.  Net  a 
few  public  enterprises  that 
have  been  successfully  carried 

nut.  ha\  e   had    their    origin  in 

the    parlors    nf  this    popular 
club-house,    and    man; 
jects  for  the  improvement   of 
our    streets,    our    parks,    our 

pavei in.   sewers,    are 

likely  to  sprine-  from  the 
concensus  nf  opinion  nf  busi- 
ness  men  gathered  for  social 
purposes  at  their  fa\ orite  re 
sort 

Mr.  Robertson  J.  Fisher 
li.i-  served  the  Fort  Wayne 
ciuh  as  President  ever  since 
its  organization.  Mr.  Fisher 
is  one  ..I'  Fort  Wayne's  most 
enterpi  ising  citizens,  and   his 

select  inn    as    the    head    nf  this 

organization  was  made  not 
more  on  account  nf  his  tit- 
ins-,  for  the  important   place. 

"'•"•  than    in    recognition    nf    his 

prominence  as   a  citizen  and 

a  most  affable  gentleman  at  all  times,  ami  one  who  knows 

anil   seeks  tn  ;ul\;|nce  1  he    interests  of    the  fit  \  . 

The  club  officers  for  the  current  year  are  as  follows: 

President     R.  .1.  Fisher. 

first   Vice-President     li.  T.   McDonald. 

Second  Vice  President     S.  •'.  I. milliard. 

Third     Nice  President     II.  <'.  \';\u\. 

Fourth  Vice-President     Henry  Rothschild. 

Secretary     .1.  II.  Fry. 

Treasurer      l.miis  Fox. 

I!.. ard  nf  Governors  S.  I.'.  Uden,  \\  H  Mungen,  R.  C. 
Hell,  F.  A.  Newton,  I  harles  Met  ulloch,  R.  If  Manna. 
Charles  <..  Guild,  S.  M.  Foster,  \\  P.  Beck,  \\  P,  Breen, 
A.  I.  Friend. 


F()I!T  WAVXK  VV  TO  DATK. 


CHIC  A  GO  BAKERY, 

Steam  Baked  ^        T^         |ce  £(^111 

VIENNA 
BREAD, 


iIa'' 


FINE  CAKES   S 


Wholesale  and  Retail. 


PROMPT  SERVICE. 
Telephone  No.  163.  W.     r.     (jfcrLLtK* 


Sherbets. 

.rip  K**    /.000   GALLONS. 

Banquets,  Church  Socials 
and  Picnics. 

QUALITY  THE  BEST. 


GEO.  H.  BENEDICT  &  CO., 

ENGRAVERS 


BY  ALL  PROCESSE 


No.  175  Clark  Street 


CHICAGO. 


The  Half  Tones  in  this  Work  are  all  bv  Benedict  &  Co. 


fort  wayni-:  ri-  to  date. 


Our  Loan  and  Savings  Associations. 


I'HE  past  decade  has  seen  the  introduction  and  wonder. 
lul  growth  of  an  innovation  along  financial  lines  in 
tliis  < ■  i t  \  thai  is  sinipl}  astounding  as  to  some  of  its 
results.  The  formation  of  the  first  loan  association  of  late 
years  took  place  in  1884  and  was  organized  under  the  title 
of  the  Fort  Wayne  Building,  Loan  Fund  and  Savings 
Association,  almost  exclusivelj  by  railroadmen.  An  as- 
sociation among  German  Americans  citizens,  followed  soon 
after,  and  this  in  turn  was  followed  by  several  others. 
Subsequently,  the  Tri  State  Building  and  Loan  association, 
No.  1.  was  organized  in  1889,  . 
and  its  stock  was  taken  so 
rapid!}  that  Tri-State  No.  2, 
was  found  necessary  to  meet 
the  demands.  The  Allen 
<  lounl  \  Loan  and  Savings  As- 
sociat ion  was  incorporated  in 
1890  and  several  minor  As- 
sociations have  since  been 
established.  It  is  not  the 
intention  here  to  discuss  the 
comparative   merits  of  any  of 

these     excellent       institutions. 


to •  citizens  because  ol  the 

opportunities  presented  by 
them:      The   pastor  of  cue  of 

the    largest    c gregations   in 

the  city,  said  to  the  writer 
that    the    benefits    that    bad 

come  to  members  of  his  , 

gregation  through  loan  as- 
sociations were  simply  in- 
calculable. "In  the  first 
place,"  -aid  be,  "the}  have 
begotten  a  spirit  of  thrift 
an g  those  who  have  here- 
tofore n"i  known  anything 
about  saving  mon  ;  I  kn  h 
of  men  who  are  now  system 
atically  la}  ing  by  for  a  rain} 
dav,  that  which  formerh  went 


associat  i 


And 


rtiich  is  true  of  this  | 
congregat  ion  is  true  of  ever}  congregat  ion,  and  of  all 
of  society.  The  prospect  of  having  one's  capital,  p; 
in  little  driblets,  double  itseli  in  a  t  ■  -w  years,  offers  a 
inducement  to  everybody  to   become  a  capitalist  in  i 

way.      it    is  est ted   b}    an  expert    that    $2,000, 

mone}  has  been  saved  bj  investors  in  loan  associatioi 
by  citizens  of  Fort  Wayne   in   the  last    ten   years;  a 

i e\  would  for  the  most  pan  have  been   frittered  a 

useless  luxuries  ami  extravagant  In  ing. 

To  loan  associations  belongs  entirely    the  credit 
remarkable  era  of  home  buildina  that  has  bee i 


lastor's 

classes 

i id  "Hi 
strong 

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dining  recent  years.     An   officer  of  the  Fort  Wayne  Build 
ing.  Loan  Fund  and  Sa  tion   assures  the  writer 

that    his    association    alone    has    furnished    money    for    the 

erect  Mil  ,ii'  1 1,, i  less  than i  I sand  homes,  and  a  similar 

ratio  would  give  at  least  three  thousand  new  homes  as  a 
conservative  estimate  of  the  number  that  has  been  made 
possible  through  this  instrumentality.  Another  interesting 
tact  in  this  connect!. in  is.  that  with  an  average  of  fi 
family,  these  three  thousand  new  homes  are  just  about 
sufficient  to  shelter  the  15,000  souls  added  to  our  population 
during  the  past  ten  years,  or, 
more  properly,  these  three 
thousand  homes  have  received 
their  ow  ners.'  who  were  for- 
merly renters,  and  the  tene- 
ments vacated  have  been 
filled  by  the  influx  of  new 
people.      The     quest is, 

where  would  we  have  housed 
our  new  people  had  it  not 
been  for  the  loan  associations. 
for  there  are  not  main  empt} 
houses  in  Fort  Wayne. 

Another  boon  conferred  by 
loan  associations  toour  people 
is  worthy  of  mention  here. 
Under     provisions    of    these 

i panies,  a  stockholder  ma\ 

borrow  a  sum  equal  b 
fourths  the  amount  paid  in 
on  his  stock,  at  an}  tunc. 
How  many  of  our  citizens 
have  profited  by  this  benefi 
cent  provision  durin 
present  era  of  business  de 
pression,  only  the  hooks  of 
the  associations  could  dis 
close,  but  that  in  mam  homes 

the    dark    clouds    Ot     | 
and     want      have      been     dis 
pelled  because  of  the    - 
laid     away     in     loan    associa 
PIXLEY'  tiltI1..  we  do  nol  doubt. 

There  are  nineteen  Loan 
and  Savings  associations  in  this  city,  with  a  paid  up  stock 
of  $324,165.08,  representing  55,558  shares;  the}  had  on  hand 
reportthe  sum  of  $12,686.07;  the}  had  loaned  on 
mortgage  security,  $1,864,098.84;  the}  had  loaned  to  their 
stockholder-.   $9  was   valued  at 

$18,417.52;    (this  item  has  since  been    largely   increas 
'he  purchase  Of  the  old  engine   house    proper!)    b}   the  Tri 

State   i  ompan}  i      H pis    of    the    last    fiscal    year 

were  $365,  165.68,  and  their  loans  aggri  57  :_'. 

The  i  ui  i,  h|  i  ict  imi  oi  Loan  and  Savings  associations  in  this 
country,  has   almost    entirel}    done  awa}    with  the  Savings 

Banks  that  formerl}  n shedinalmost   ever}   state  of  the 

Union,  and  whose  mi  mana nt  so  fn  quenth  resulted  in 


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*  *  THE  STAR  GROCERY,  *  * 
Fine  Groceries,  Teas,  Coffees 


AND  CANNED  GOODS. 


BREAD,  ROLLS,  BUNS, 


AND  ALL   KINDS  OF  CAKES  EVERY  DAY. 


356  CALHOUN  STREET, 


Telephone  81. 


FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 


FOKT  WAYNE  11'  To  DATE. 


Our  Magnificent  Water  Works  System. 


Pol!  qo  possession  belonging  to  this  city,  have  the 
people  more  cause  to  give  thanks,  than  for  the  ad- 
mirable and  altogether  complete  and  satisfactory 
waterworks  system,  that  provides  for  us  one  ofthefirsl 
essentials.     Next   to  tin-  air  we  breathe,  the  quality  ofthe 

water  thai  < s  into  ourhomes  is  the  most  importanl  con 

sideration;  upon  its  purity  the  health  of  our  people  depends. 
That  we  have  an  abundant  supply  of  absolutely  purr  water. 
drawn  from  wells  driven  deep  through  strata  of  solid  rock, 

is  a  fact  with  which  every  householder  is  quite  < versant, 

and  one  nver  which  there  is 
universal  satisfaction.  The 
water  supply  of  Fort  Wayne 
is  taken  from  forty-eight 
wells  of  an  average  depth  of 
about  250  feet.  Fourof  these 
wells,  just  finished,  it  is  be- 
lieved, would  alone  nearly 
supply  the  needs  of  the  entire 
city,  and  the  Trustees  are 
confident  thai  there  will  be 
enough  water  tn  supply  any 
demand  that  is  likely  to  be 
made  upon  their  resources. 
When  it  is  stated  that  in  ex- 
ceeding dry  weather,  the  re- 
quirements of  this  city  some- 
times reaches  7,000,000  gallons 
pei'  day,  the  excellent  produc- 
ing character  of  our  wells  w  ill 
he  fully  understood. 

lint,  while  the  character  of 
our  water  supply  is  the  fust 
consideration,  the  intelligence 
and  remarkably  successful 
management  of  the  water 
works  from  their  inception,  is 
not  less  a  cause  of  congratula- 
tion. The  water  works  were 
begun  in  L879,  fifteen  years 
ago,  and  the  following  year 
the  first  service  was  rendered. 
The  bonded  debt  of  our  water  charles 

works,   amounts    to  $270,000, 

and  the  cost  of  extensions,  ami  renewals  to  the  pumping 
facilities  will  bring  the  total  cost  of  the  system  up  to  date. 
in  round  figures  to  half  a  million  dollars.  There  are  fifty- 
tWO  miles  Of  pipes,  Supplying  4,570  consumers  ami  161  lire 
hydrants.  Five  hundred  consumers  are  served  by  meter, 
and  statistics  show  that  the  cost  of  water  to  local  takers  is 
less  than  in  any  city  in  the  country.  Water  is  sold  In 
meter    measurement    here    at      in    cents    lor    the    first    one 

thousand    gallons   and    t'<\    cents    lor    each   subsequent  ■ 

thousand  gallons  in  one   day.       Thus   it  will  he  seen  that  a 
family  may  use  one  hundred    gallons   of  water  per  day    at  a 
total  cost  of  less  than  $4.00  per  annum. 
The   Fort  Wayne  water  works,  moreover,  although  sup 


ducing  it,are   o<  [inducted  as  to  make  a  magnificent  showing 

when  brought  into  comparison  with  those  of  othei 
using  the  same  system.  The  '■)!;>  of  Dayton,  with  6,142 
consuners,  paid  foi  its  operating  expenses  last  year  the  sum 
of  $43,013.79,  or  an  average  of  a  little  more  than  $7.00  to 
each  patron  of  the  water  works.  In  Fort  Wayne,  with 
i,570  consumers,  the  operating  expenses  last  year,  including 
salaries  of  clerk,  inspector,  engineers,  assistants,  fuel,  and 
all  the  cost  of  running  the  department,  were  $14,76i 
cost    of   hut    $3.00   to   each    consumer.     These  figures  are 

taken  from  tl tlicial  reports 

of  the  Trustees  of  the  two 
cities,  and  should  he  not  only 
very  grat  people, 

hut    are   also   highly    compli- 
mentary    to  tin-    man:  _ 
of  the  local  works. 

That  the  Fort  Wayne  water 
works  have  proven  a  magnifi- 
cent  investment,  is  not  alone 
demonstrated  by  the  quality 
of   the   supply,  and   the   com 

fort     i     convenience     that 

comes  from  an  abundant 
quant  ity  of  w  holesome  w  ater; 
hut  a  lew  figures  w  ill  demon 
strate   that    from   a   financial 

I il    I  'I    \  lew  .   I  in-    m\  estluellt 

was  a  good  one.  The  annual 
interest     ■    water   works 

I I-  amounts  to$]  5,960, the 

operating  expenses  last  year 
«re  i  -I  1,760,  making  a  total 
of  $30,720.  To  oiis,.t  this, 
the  income  from  water  takers 
last  year  amounted  to$-J  1,250, 
lea\  ing  over  $10,000  surplus 
to  be  invested  in  improve 
incuts,  extensions,  etc.  And 
in  estimat  ing  the  income,  no 
account  is  taken  of  the  tact 
that  the  entire  city  is  pro 
II.'"  II.  \ided       with      lire      p 

without  a  dollar's  cost  for  an 
abundant  supply  of  water  distributed  through  the  mains 
for  that  purpose. 

It  cannot  be  out  of  character  here  to  recall  the  long  pro- 
tracted  efforts  put  forth  by  the  News  in  behalf  of  city 
ownership  of   her   own    water  works:  and.  as  the  politicians 

say,  "we  i it  with  pride"to  its  part  in  that  consummation 

as  one  of  ot  the  best   achievements  of  this  paper's  twenty 
years  of  life.     We  honestly   believe  that   tin 
Wayne  to-day    possesses  the  best    and  most    economically 
managed  water  works  plant  "t  any  city   of  her  si/,,  in  the 
west,  and  that  the  quality  of  water  provided  our  cit 

unsurpassed  in  excellence,  goes  without  saying.      Fortunate, 
indeed,    was    t  Ins    city  .     w  lieu    her    council    dl  I 


FORT  WAYXK  IP  TO  DATE., 


nprecedented  in  Sales, 
nequalled  in  Results, 
niversally  Commended, 

The  Weisell  Washer 

Stands  without  a  peer  in  its  class. 


66 


Our  City  Salesman  in  a 
recent  canvass  of  thirty 
hours  makes  sixty-six 
sales  of  the  Weisell  Washer  in  Fort  Wayne, 
selling  to  numerous  families  who  have 
condemned  ordinary  washers  and  accept 
the  Weisell  with  delight. 


DIETHER  &  BARROWS,  f.  m.  smith  &  co.,  and 

fort  wayne,  ind.  PFEIFFER  &  SCHLATTER. 


A.  L.  JOHNS  dc  CO., 

Hand  =  Made  Harness 

<tez-7/V  INDIANA. --^^ 

Make  every  Harness  they  Sell,  from  $6.00  Upward. 

Surrey,  Express  and  Grocery  Harness  a  Specialty. 


SURRIES,  PHAETONS,  BUGGIES  AND  ROAD  WAGONS  IN  THE  CITY. 

You  cannot  afford  to  buy  anything  in  this  line  elsewhere  before  seeing  the  bargains  offered  at 

40,  51  and  53  EAST  COLUMBIA  STREET. 


The  Splendid  Hostelries  of 

no  one  particular  has  Fori  Wayne  made  more  active 
and  commendable   progress  during  recent  years,  than 

in  the  matter  of  hotels  and    hotel   accon dations. 

e  are  plent)  of  young  people  in  their  "teens"  who  can 
mber  when  the  A.veline  house  was  the  only  hotel  in 
sitj  worth)   of   thai   title,  and  when  an}  considerable 

ber  of  transient  guests  were  unable  to  find  i ifortable 

tersin  the  cit)   o1    Fori    Wayne.     The  last   decade  has 

The  Aveline  II. .use  has  been  rebuilt,  enlarged,  refurn- 

I   and   renewed  through- 
making   it    one    "I    the 

st,  pleasantesl    ami  alto- 


Berry 

streets,    in    tin-    im 

heart 

.1'  t  In-  city,  and  has  ele- 

-ant  ; 

ccommodal  i..ns  for  one 

hundi 

-.1  guests. 

The 

Wayne  Hotel,  I t  b) 

John 

'.  Peters,   in   L887,  is  a 

hotel 

if  which  an)  city  might 

be  pn 

nil.      It    lias  about  !- 

hundi 

>.l  large,  well  ventilated 

anil 

splendidl)       furnished 

rooms 

ami  underthe  manage- 

Incut 

of    mine  host     W.    M. 

McKi 

inir.  has  enjoj  ..I  a  pal 

ronag 

•  SUCh  as  was    ne\  er  be 

fore  a 

icorded  to  an)    hostelr) 

in    n. 

rthern     In. liana.      The 

cuisin 

•  ..I   this  s])lendid  lirst- 

class  I 

otel  is  noted  for  its  ex- 

cellen 

e  ami  the  ///.  //</  always 

tin-  season.  The  Wayne 
Eotel  has  the  honor  of  enter- 
taining that  class  of  transient 
guests  \\  hose  «  ell  (illed  purses 
open  readil)  to  the  -Kill  of 
one  s.i  well  up  in  catering  to 
tastes  epicurean  as  is  the 
proprietor  of  this  tine    hotel. 


th 


rechri  itened  b)  the  nan t   the   present   ..unci-.  Mr.  Perry 

A.  RandaU.was  rebuilt  ami  very  greatly  enlarged  a  few 
years  ago,  and  its  historj  since  it  came  under  the  manage 
mi-lit  ill'  the  genial  Dick  Townsend,  has  been  one  of  unin- 
terrupted  success.     The    Kami, as  one  hundred   rooms, 

till  tastefulh   and  comfortably  furnished,  and  all   the  an 


isl; 


Kami; ..id  h.,s  the  reputati i  be 

se  in  the  State  of  Indiana. 
Allium   ll.itel.  owned  b)    It.   \.    Foster 
was  recent  •  de  troyed  b)  fire,  n  as  also 

<'iit    innovation,  and   a. Me nsiderabl) 

ie  traveling  public,     n  was  well  located, 


and  handsomely  furnished,  and  was  especially  popular,  not 
only  with  its  transient  guests,  bul  also  with  a  large  class  of 
our  citizens  who  found  pleasanl  shelter  beneath  its 
hospitable  roof. 

The  Rich  Hotel,  while  notso  new  as  some  of  its  more  pre- 
tentions rivals,  is  still  of  quite  recent  construction.  Its 
erection  by  the  gentleman  whose  name  it  bears,  about  ten 
years  ago,  really  inaugurated  the  series  of  great  improve- 
ments that  have  culminated  in  giving  our  city  ample  and 

most  satisfactory  hotel  accoi lations.      The  Rich  Hotel 

has  about  thirty  well  furnish 
eil  rooms,  and  is  well  equipped 
throughout  to  cater  to  the 
comfort  and  pleasure  of  its 
guests.  Its  p resent  popular 
landlord    is    Mr.  .1.  J.  Pauley. 

This  paper  would  be  inc 

plete  ami  unsatisfactory  were 
no  mention  to  he  made  of  the 
McKinnie  House,  at  the 
station  of  the  Pennsylvania 
railroad.  This  old  hostelr)  is 
probably  more  widel)  known 
to  the  traveling  public  than 
an)  of  its  present  contempor- 
aries, ami  the  days  when 
('apt.  McKinnie  presided  ovei 

the  (lest  lines  of  t  his  popular 
house,  are  often  recalled  with 
satisfaction  l>\  old  time 
travelers  who  have  not  for- 
gotten the  splendid  table  that 

made  it   tain  -IK, 

( )ur  cit)  has  also  a  number 
of  other  hotels,  among  which 
the  Harmon  House,  the 
Windsor,  the  Weber,  the 
Diamond,  the  Riverside,  the 
Custer,  the  Jewel  ami  the 
1 1  filck i 1 1  ma)    In-  named. 

In    these    hotels,   one  thous- 
and  guests  ma)    he  comforl 
CORITZ.  ahl)   and    well    cared    tor.   ami 

upon  recent  occasions  great 
National  ami  "-tale  Conventions  have  been  creditably  en- 
tertained. After  [ndianapolis,  no  cit)  in  this  State  can 
compare  with  Fort  Wayne  in  the  number,  character  and 
excellence  ol  her  hotels. 

The  fact  that  ten  years  ago  commercial  travelers  planned 
their  routes  to  avoid  Fort  Wayne,  h-st  the  dearth  of  ac- 
i mioihitioiis  here  might  subject  them  to  serious  incon- 
venience, while  now  tins  class  make  special  efforts  to  ar- 
range t..  spend  as eh   time  as  possible  at  our  magnificent 

hotels  gives  some  idea  of  the  advancement  that  has  been 
made  in  this  important  adjunct  to 

Fori   u  a)  tie   has  also  .,  nber  of  vei  \  high  .lass  board 

ing     houses,      thai  ollahle       hollies      tor     IIUUIX 

families,  ami  which  entertain  si ■  ol  ■  ven  besl  in 


THE  P,*~.^RD  ORGAN 

PEDAL  BASS  AND  TWO  MANUAL  ORGANS, 


Has  an  enviable  reputation  for  High-Grade  Workmanship,  Excellent  Tone  Qualities  and  Durability. 

Our  patent  stops,  "Pips  Diapason"  and  "Harp  Angelica"  are  truly  a  Revelation  of  Reed  Possibilities. 
These  stops  are  found  also  in  our  regular  Parlor  and  Chapel  Styles,  of  which  we  make  a  great  variety,  at 
prices  that  will  interest  you  if  you  want  a  Really  Good  and  Reliable  Organ. 

Address, 

FORT  WAYNE  ORGAN  CO., 

FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 


ALFRED  GRINDLE, 

ARCHITECT 


I  make  a  Specialty  of  Work  at  a  Distance,  also 
visit  for  Consultation  and   Superintendence. 


bass  block.  FOR  T  WA  YNE. 


FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


Our  Life  and  Fire  Insurance  Interests. 


T  is  exceedingly  difficult  to  give  any  positive  data  in  the 
waj  of  statistical  figures  regarding  the  amount  of  life 
insurance  carried  by  citizens  of  Fori  Wayne,  and  yet, 
ra  reliable  figures  al  hand,  there  can  be  no  doubt  but  thai 
•  showing  would  be  highly  creditable  to  the  provideni 
aracter  of  our  people,  and  show  that  at  the  present  time 
Uions  of  insurance  lias  been  written  upon  the  lives  of 
it  Wayne  men,  who  thus  testifj  not  onlj  to  their  belief 
the  stability  of  the  companies  carrying  these  enormous 
ks;  but  also  to  their  own  desire  in  this  wa,\  to  provide  for 
ise  who  are  naturally  de- 
nileiit  upon  them  for  sup- 
rt.  Through  interviews 
!h  a  number  of  leading  in- 
ane,•  men,  anil  alter  gain- 
;■    from    them    a    concensus 

opinion   upon   the  subject, 

■  writer  feels  authorized  in 
iking  the  estimate,    which 

regards    as     conservative. 

it  not  less  than  five  millions 
dollars  in  lite  insurance  is 
w  in  force,  in  reliable  com- 

:iies,     upon      the      lives     of 


Wl 


man}    with   $25,000  at   least; 

hundreds     with    $15, and 

upwards,  and  thousands  of 
policj    holders    in    the   sum  of 

$1,1 to   $1,500.      We  give 

these  figures,  not  as  SUSCepI  i 
hie  of  actual  demonstration 
or   proof,   hut    as  an    estimate 

(mule  b}  the  best  informed  in- 
urance  men  of  the  citj .  and 
s  show  ing  an  important  fact 
Bgarding  a  strong  character- 
i s i  ii-  of  our  people.  No 
ligher  i ribute  to  the  citizen- 
ship of  an\    eoinniiinit  \  could 

be  gh  en  fr a    business  standp 

members  right h  understand  ami 


han  to  say  that  its 
eciate  the  blessings 
of  life  insurance,  and  we  devote  this  space  to  the  subject, 
not  in  the  interests  of  anj  individual  or  anj  insurance  com 
pany.  but  simplj  as  showing  the  intelligence  and  provideni 
spini  exhibited  bj  the  men  of  Fort  Wayne  who  annually 
expend  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  in  order  that  their 
dear  ones  maj  be  protected  against  penurj  ami  wanl  when 
the  Grim  Reaper  comes.  We  believe  it  would  he  possible  to 
demonstrate  from  statistics,  were  the\  accessible  upon  this 
point,  that  no  people  surpasses  our  own  in  t  heir  enterprise 
alone  this  particular  line. 


importance  of  being  well  indemnified  againsl  loss.  Aboul 
$12,000,000  worth  of  personal  property,  representing  more 
than  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  assessed  valuation  of  all  property, 
real  and  personal,  is  insured  againsl  Jos,  by  lire,  in 
policies  issued  h\  members  of  the  local  hoard  Of  under- 
writers. (  hie  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  annum  are  now 
regularly  paid  in  premiums  in  this  city;  and  during  the  past 
ten  years  the  sum  annually  expended  for  indemnity  against 
loss  by  lire  has  been  aboul  $80,000.  Bui  during  this  ten 
years,  we  have  had  a  series  of  disastrous  conflagrations. 
The     White     Wheel     Works 

were     totally     destroyed,     the 

Electric  Work-,  win-  twice 
burned    out.  the    street    Car 

barns   were    i sumed,   both 

t  In- 1  lentlivre  and  the  |:> 
Breweries  were  se>  erely  dam- 
aged, the   Aldine    Hotel    was 

gutted,       the       o|,l        Ac-idem-, 

building  was  burned,  the 
greal  cfn  goods  store  of  Louis 
\\  oil  &  Co.,  was  destroyed, 
Vordermark  Bros.,  and  Meyer 
A-  Bro.,  wen-  burned  out.  and 
man)  minor  fires  during  the 
decade  swell-  the  total  loss 
to  a  vast  sum.  upon  which  in- 
surance companies  paid  losses 
aggregal  ing  bi  I  wei  n  $800, 

and  $! So  it  appears 

that  lire  insurance  has  1,,-,-u  a 
good       investim 
people      ill      thes 

have  gone,  for  il  ■  susceptible 
of  proof  thai  aboul 
dollai  paid  to  lire  insurance 
companies  during  the  past 
ten  years  b\  oil  izens  ol  Fori 
Wax  ne  has  come  hack  in  cash 
to  indemnify  those  whose 
property  has  been  destroyed 
\i\  lire.  This  statemenl  does 
ETT-  not     lake    into     consideration 

the  additional  indemnity  that 
comes  from  a  well  equipped  ami  most  efficienl  lire  depart 
ment.  through  whose  intelligent  efforts  thousands  upon 
thousands  ,u  dollars  have  been  saved  to  the  people  of  Fort 
Wayne,  in  the  saving  of  manj  buildings  from  destruction 
and  in  the  stopping  of  numerous  incipient  fires. 

The  subjecl  of  insurance  both  life  and  lire  is  one  that 
never  loses  its  interest,  and  as  a  community  advances  ill 
intelligence  and  thrift,  its  people  come  to  understand  more 
full\  the  benefits  that  accrue  from  this  beneticenl  so 
It  should  he  a  matter  of  local  pride  that  Fori  Wayne 
citizens  are  so  full}   ahnast   the  times   on  this  greal  subject, 

ami   that    s,,   large  an   am t    of   mone,\   stands  against 

wealthy    corporations    to   indemnify    our   peop 


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FORT  WAYNE  II'  To   DATE. 


Our  Superb  Electric  Railway  System. 


is  the  proud  boasl  of  Fort  Wayne,  thai  while  inalmosl 
every  city  of  the  United  States,  including  all  the 
greater  ones,  horses  and  mules  are  still  in  use  to  propel 
•t  cars  "ii  some  lines,  in  this  city  quadrupedal  propul 
of  passenger  cars  on  the  street    railway   lineslongago 


In  thi 
i  of  th 


nl.  u, 


iirl\  claim 
he  world, 
an  exclu- 
atulation; 


only  t  <  >  meet  every  day  demands  but  also  to  supply  any 
exigencies  that  can  possible  arise  out  of  any  unusual  influx 
of  visitors,  or  the  necessity  of  carrying  large  numbers  of  our 
own  citizens  on  any  special  occasion.  The  three  huge 
engines,  of  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  horse  power  each, 
that  drive  the  dynamos  to  generate  electricity  for  this  large 
system  are  the  product  of  the  great  Bass  Foundry  of  tins 
city,  and  the  dynamos  are  made  b\  the  Thomson-Houston 
company,  of  which  the  Fort  Wayne  Electric  company  is  an 


rta 


bed,  th 

intelligence  and 

pub- 

lie  spir 

t  of  the  manage) 

Lent, 

and  th. 

courtesy   and  a. 

:om- 

modati 

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,yes, 

that  gi 

es  to  the  Fort   \\ 

ayne 

Electric    street     Railwa 

its 

claim  t 

i  being  one  of  the 

QOSt 

perfect 

of  anj  in  the  countn . 

Having 

Its    center   at    til 

'    ill- 

tersect 

f   Main    and 

Cal- 

houn  s 

reets,  in  the  very 

leart 

>ut-lying 

.0  when 
north   .a 


street  railwaj  system.    The 

are  twenty    miles   of  track 

the  system  of  the  Fort  Wayi 


CIIIHI 

lftest 

patten  i 


ing  branch. 

This  subject  would  be  in- 
complete without  reference  to 
the  line  of  electric  railway 
owned  and  operated  as  a 
private  enterprise  by  Mr.  R. 
T  McDonald  for  the  accom- 
modation of  the  people  of 
Lakeside.  Its  road-bed  - 
good,  its  equipment  is  ex- 
cellent and  its  purpose  is  to 
aid  in  building  up  .me  of  the 
must  beautiful  of  Fort  Wayne 
suburbs. 

The  Centlivre  Street  Rail- 
way line,  running  from  the 
corner  of  Superior  and    <  al 

houn    streets    to    the    Indiana 

School  for  Feeble  Minded 
Youths,  is  not  properly  a  part 
of  the  genera]  system,  as  its 


■\ 


ilua 


carriages,  and  twelve  trailers.  Mammoth  sprinklers  keep 
the  track  tree  from  dust  in  the  summer,  and  hit 
snow  plows  quickly  remove  the  winter's  snow.  The  intro 
duction  of  electricity  as  a  means  of  propelling  street  cars  in 
the  city  oi  Fort  Wayne  has  solved  the  problum  of  rapid 
transit    foi   ■  i pie.     The  cars  a 


consistent  w  iih 
purposes  for  ul 


as  rapidbi  a>  is 
te  st  reets  foi  t  he 
lassengers  have 


clusively  beyond  the  city 
limits,  still  it  serves  a  ven  de- 
sirable purpose,  and  reflects 
credit  upon  the  public  spirit 
of  the   gentlemen    who    own 

and  operate  it.  and  especially 
is     this     true     now     that     the 

owners  of  this  line  are  pro- 
jecting a  double  track  from 
the  corner  of  Calhoun  and 
Superior  streets  to  their  park 
north  of  the  city,  and  the 
chang ing  >>i  the  entire  system 
tring  the   last   vest  ige  of  horse 


Taken  as  a  whole,  the  street  car  lines  of  Fort  Wayne  are 
unsurpassed  anywhere,  and  visitors  from  other  cities  in- 
variable COI 'in  upon  the  cleanliness  of  the  cars,  the  ex- 
cell, -nee  of  the  equipments,  the  courtes\  of  the  employes 
and  the  efficiency  of  the  general  sen  ice.     Improvem. 

an  extended  scale  have  already   i n  commenced,  and  thej 

air  to  i, e  in,, si  vigorously  pushed  throughout  the  summer,  so 
that  before  snow  (lies  the  street  car  service  of  Fort  Wayne 
will  be  in  all  respects  as  nearly  perfect  as  men  who  know 
the  city's  needs  and  have  a  desire  to  supph  them,  can  make 
it  with  the  ven  best  of  modern  equipments  and  appliances 
\  single  fare  for  all  the  systems  is  apt 


FORT   WAYXK   IT  TO   DA' 


WE   WANT 


All  the  readers  of  Fort   Wayne   Up  to  Date  to  examine  the  very  latest  and 
best  Life  Insurance  Policy  issued.     It  is  the 


NEW  GUARANTY 

Written  only  by  the 


Union  Central 


Life  Insurance 

Company 


Will  loan  the  full  reserve  value  of  the  policy  after  five  years.  Will  settle  at  the  end 
of  twenty  years.  The  largest  paid=up  policies  after  three  years.  Incontest- 
ible  and  nonforfeitable  after  three  years.  The  conditions  and  advantages  of 
this  new  policy  will  be  explained  by  any  of  the  agents  of  this  company. 


C.  E.  EVERETT,  General  Agent, 


Second  Floor,  Old  National  Bank  Block. 


Money  to  Loan  on  Farm  or  City  Property. 


FORT  WAYNE  VV  TO  DATE 


The  Park  System  of  Fort  Wayne. 


T  must 


(1  thai 


ad  bei 


within  the  next  decade  Fort  Wayne  will  pot 
commensurate  with   her  growing  needs  in   thai 
Twenty  years  ago,  not  a  fool  of  mound  was  there 
corporate  limits  of  this  city,  permanently   devote 
purposes.    Ten  years  ago  nol  a  spadeful  of  eartl 
lifted  in  the  way  of  such  improvement.     To-dai 
nearly  one  hundred  and  fift}  acres  in  andaboul  tl 
have  been  devoted  t"  this  most  desirable  end. 
Colonel  Swinnej    belongs  the 
credit   of   having   lirst    given 
substantial  impetus  to  a  local 
park  s\ stem.  ii\   providing  in 
his  will  for  the  conditional  be- 
quest to  tlic  eitj   of  forty-five 
acres  of  valuable  land,  mag- 
nificently situated  and    pecu- 
liarly adapted  for  a  large  and 
beautiful    park.      Within  the 
past  few  months,  this  splendid 
property  has   conic    into   the 
possession  of  the  city,  by  lease, 
and    preliminary    work     has 
already  begun  upon  what  will 
ultimately    constitute  a  spa- 
cious   and   exquisitely  attrac- 
tive public  park.     It   was  the 
oft -ex pressed  wish  of  the  late 
Oscar  A.Simons,  that  this  city 
mighl  some  . I ; i >  own   all  thai 
trad  of  laud  h  ing  west  of  St. 
Mary's   river,  between    Sw  in 

ne\      Park     and     I.indenw I 

Cemetery.  He  saw  then,  as 
we  are  all  beginning  to  see 
now,  the  desirability  of  thus 
obtaining  a  grand  park,  nearh 
a  mile  in  length,  beginning  at 
the  Washington  street  en 
trance  of  Swinney  I'ark,  and 
extending  to  the  gates  oi 
Linden  wood,  the  silent,  beau- 
tiful "city  of  the  dead."      It  IS 

not  too  late  to  carry  out  this  long  cherish 
desired  consummation. 

In    L886,   the  lion.    Hugh    McCulloch 
beloved  of  Fori  Wayne's  greater  men.  ga 
fouracreson  Broadwa}  that  hail  heretofoi 
old  Broadwaj  Cemetery."     By  conditions  of  this  donation, 
the  city  assumed  to  maintain  the  grounds  as  a  public  park. 

and  well    has  the   city    kept   faith  with  the, I i;  [or   vears 

ago  the  old  burial  ground  became  a  lovelj  park,  the 
broail  shade  of  its  grand  old  oaks  making  it  quickly  coi, 
vertible  into  a  park  with  foliage  thai  bad  taken  a  centun 
to  grow,  and  having  its  undulating  surface  tastefully  laid 
out,  with  gravelled  walks,  and  fountains  and  flower-beds 
interspersed. 


d  a  tract  of  land  north 
py  Hun.  and  a  tew  years 
mini  a  permanent  lodg- 
the  ell  \ 


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Jsfll 

.^wMr    ■.-■.P                         * 

M  ■                              J^M 

1  much  to  be 

Of    the     best 

the  <  in  the 

titiiled  ••The 


Thecit}  had  for  man}  years  ow 

of   the  St.  Man's  river  and  west  of 

ago.  the  park  spirit  having  at  last 

incut   in  the  heart  of  the  bod}   politic,  the  lots 

park  which  had  not   been    sold   were   regular!}    platted,  and 

now  we  have  twenty  acres  of  land  on  the  north  side,  within 

five  minutes  walk  oi  the  i n  house,  exquisite!}  laid  out  as 

a  public  park  ami  gracing   the  spol   thai  until  recent!}  was 
a  drear}  common,  the  pasture  ground  of  roaming  herds. 
Shortl}  after  tin-  inception    0f   t  he  enterprise  of  introduc- 
ing   water    works,    a    tract    of 

about  twelve  acres,  lying  be- 
tween Clinton  and  Lafayette 

streets,    and    extending    from 

Creighton  avenue  to  Sutten- 
lield  street,  was  purchased 
from  the  Hamilton  heirs. 
Here  stands  the  greal  reser- 
voir thai  holds  the  city's  sur- 
plus water  supply,  and  ad- 
jacent thereto  is  a  consider- 
able plat  upon  which  work 
has  alreadj  been  commenced 
under  superintendency  of  the 
civil  engineer,  whose  plans 
provide  for  a  very  pretty 
park,  with  lake,  rustic  bridges, 
greensward,  flower-beds  and 
shrubbery. 

The  east. tii  portion  of  the 
v .m  !i.is  not  i,,  iMi  generoush 
treated  iii  the  matter  of  parks. 
onl}  one  little  tract  of  less 
than  an  acre  having  been  laid 
out  cast  of  llanna  street. 

■  i  line  park,  consisting  of 
about  eleven  acres,  lying 
south  of  Creighton  avenue, 
and  just  outside  the  city 
limits.  This,  although  avail 
able  to  ail  the  people,  is 
moss.  strict!}    a    private  park,  and 

does  not  belong  to  the  public 
park  system.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  Williams'  grove 
will  some  day  become  the  propert}  of  the  city,  either  b} 
part  donation  or  entire  purchase. 

The  Centlivre  Brothers  own  a  large  and  most  attractive 
park  of  fort}  acres  north  of  the  city,  which  they  have  im- 
proved  at    a   considerabl itlay,  and   which  is  used  for 

athletic  and    sporting   exhibitions,  and    utilized    frequent!} 
for  picnic  purposes. 

Thus  it  is  seen  that  our  people  have  access  to  more  than 
one  hundred  and  fort}  acres  of  pretty  parks,  all  of  which 
have  been  acquired  during  the  ver\  recent  past,  and  all  has 
been  brought  about  b}  a  complete  revolution  of  public 
sentiment  on  this  important  subject.  There  should  be  no 
backwark  step  along  this  line 


PORT   WAVN'K  UP  TO   DATE! 


1>® 


The  Fort  Wayne  Knitting  Mills, 

,  FORT  WAYNE.  1ND. 

The  Only  Exclusively  Full=Fashioned 

Hosiery  Mills  in  the  United  States. 

None  but  Wayne  Knit  Hosiery  Should 
be  Worn  by  the  American  People. 

OFFICE  AND  WORKS  :     Cleveland  Street,  near  Main. 


Salimonie  Mining 
and  Gas  Company, 


General  Offices  :    No.  50  Clinton  Street, 
FORT  WAYNE,  IND. 


Natural  Gas  for  Heating 
and  Illuminating 


FORT  WAYNE  L'P  TO   DAT] 


A  Closing  Word  in  Retrospection 

it!,  us.  ;-!0J  ; 

<llb.st;, 


T'.e, 


IKX  we  re-all  the  changei 
able  growth,  the  marked 
tial  advancement  thai  have  char 

twenty   years   of    fort    Wayne's    history .  there    is  ygjji 

cause  for  gratulation,  not  more  on  account  of  pasvHi 
inent  than  in  prospects  for  the  future.      In    L874,  w\m 
career  of  the  News  began,  Fort  Wayne  had  hen,  svB 
from  a  most  disgraceful  era  of  misrule,  profligate  exl 
gance,  official  corruption  and  social  disorder.      A   crow 
desperate  ruffians  were  holding  a  reign  of  terror  ove 
people.      Murders,   robberies 
and   assaults   were   of   almost 
nightly  occurrence:  the  police 
and  constabulary  were  power- 
less to  enforce  the   laws,  and 
a  rei.ni  ,,f    pliijr-ujrlyisin    held 

fhigh  carnival.  Gambling, 
licentiousness,  drunkenness, 
and  all  forms  of  lawlessness 
nourished  unchecked.  Had 
as  was  the  condition  of  social 
life,  public  affairs  were  even 
worse,  if  possible.  The  ex- 
travagance that  grew  out  of 
the  money-making  epcjj 
during  the  war,  had  begot  ei 
a   spirit    of  careless 

^difference,  and  I -.pie's 

money  was  squ?     lered    in    a 

"    *t     ■  :.  -s    and 

I  lanner. 

At  last,  there  came  a  change. 

The  people,  weary  of  the  long 


was  recklessly    wasted  and  thrown  away. 

jji  Sfortsand  the  strong  financial  wisdom 

i  S.  B.  Bond,  Wm.  Fleming,  John    II.  Bass, 

•I-    D.    Nuttman,    0.    A.  Simons,  in  the 

ml  such  men  as. I.  B.  White,  < '.  Heltler.  W.   T.   Mc- 
F.  Mulder.  Geo.  II.  Wilson,  W.  II.  With. 
'.  A.  Minis. ui  and  others,  in  the  council,  to 
fr threatened  bankruptcy  and  start  her  upon  the 

rosperity  that  sees  her  in  1894  with  credit  surpassed 

aw-abiding  and  happj  popu 
lace,  and  with  a  debt  quite 
insignificant  compared  with 
the  value  of  her  water  works, 
city    hall,  her  lire   depart- 


liled 


»w   oi    the     unscrupulous 
orruptionists.    and 

he  "OOOkS  were  opened."    The 
•la I  ion     was     astounding! 
;  I    vus  found 

to  be   i   d.-faulter.       The  city 

clerk,   to   escapi    disgrac •  wn.i.i. 

ishment,  took  his  own  life, 
ai  d  then  began  a  thorough  and  systematic  over  hauling  of 
affairs  municipal.     The  assessed  valuation  of  property  in 

the  then  little  city     of    I',„(     Wayne    was  $19, ,0001      The 

fete  Of  taxation  was  $1.40  OH  each    $ ■  assessed    valua- 
tion, and  about  $260, was    the   sum    raised    from    the  tax 

layers.     Fortunately,  this  ai ml  wasnol  realized  by   the 

boodh-rs,  for  so  badly  had  the  city's  finances  been  managed 

foal  city   orders  were  only  worth  a  little   more  than  on.'  half 
their  face  value.      As  showing  the  reckles.  wa.t 
He's  money  at  that  time,  an  ex-mavor  of  the  r 


ith 


pal 


the 


sr   inai    a    well    under  the  old  market  house,  which  was 
itly   abandoned,   and    which   could   be    built    to  daj    for 

BO.hadeosI  the  city  ,.f  Fori  Wayne  the  sum  of  $1,200.00! 

Vnd  this  is  only  one  of  almost  countless  ways  in  which   the 


The  era  covered 

twenty    years    has 
the  building  of  a 

water    works,    at 
s4iiH.mii  i  that  is   t. 

i  of  elaborate,  spacious 
houses  in  all  parts  of 
•    It  hasc ipleted  the 

OPU>t:iic!i..ii    of    over     twenty 

H^B"1  street  pavement,  and 

ile   more   near- 

-  portion  of  the 

■    | ■ 

Mibstau- 

■ 
.rl     Way::.      ■    i 

: 

U'url 

Mills,      the      In,, 

Works.    11,  e     Uockei       .. 

Anthony       Way  lie 

Washing  Machine  Co.,  the 
,;M1N,i-  Fort    Wayne  Organ  Co.,  the 

llorton  Manufacturing  Co.. 
the  Foster  Furniture  C...  and  dozens  of  lesser  industries, 
adding  thousands  to  our  population,  of  thrifty,  well  tod.. 
citizens,  it  has  seen  the  hotel  accommodations  which  were 
meagre  and  uninviting,  increased  to  a  point  where  our  city 
has  comfortably,  ami  with  credit  to  herself,  entertained  sev- 
eral greal  state  and  national  conventions.  It  has  noted  the 
inception  and  carrying  forward  of  a  system  of  extensive 
park  improvements,     it  has  witnessed  the  establish^ 

a  horse  car  streel  railway  and  its  tinal  change  and  , ipie- 

tion  to  a  system  of  electric  street  railway,     li  has  been  the 
welcome  recipient  of  an   abundant    supply  of    natural   gas, 
and   has  sen  the  almost   total   abolition   from  our  midst 
1,1    wood    and   c.al    in   our   homes  and   under   the  bo 
our  factories  as  fuel. 


the    past 
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FORT  WAYNE  UP  TO  DATE. 


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